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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 36 - 68.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is one example the narrator cites as moments when things do not turn out as planned?
(a) Her first marriage.
(b) L's visit.
(c) Building the second place.
(d) Motherhood.

2. What was the only request Tony made regarding M's appearance?
(a) She dressed very modestly.
(b) She did not cut or dye her hair.
(c) She wore red lipstick.
(d) She wore short skirts.

3. What type of business did L's family own?
(a) Tree farm.
(b) Dairy farm.
(c) Bowling alley.
(d) Slaughterhouse.

4. Though the second place was built for M, who did Tony say would likely think it was for them?
(a) Jeffers.
(b) Kurt.
(c) L.
(d) Justine.

5. Where was L when M first wrote to him?
(a) Manhattan.
(b) San Franciso.
(c) L.A.
(d) Chicago.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was M when L came to the marsh?

2. Where else in the world did the narrator get the same feeling she had when looking at L's paintings?

3. What did M tell L Tony's early experience with death forced him to do?

4. How old was L when he first became famous?

5. What did L tell M he found "obscene" (19) in his first letter to her?

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