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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many children does the narrator tell Jeffers she had when she went to Paris?
(a) 1.
(b) 4.
(c) 2.
(d) 3.

2. What feeling did L tell M he had from his early experience with death living near a slaughterhouse?
(a) There was no point to life.
(b) He could not be destroyed.
(c) Every day was to be cherished.
(d) Life was fleeting.

3. Where does L tell M he has always felt most at home?
(a) His childhood home.
(b) His New York studio.
(c) A cabin in the woods.
(d) Wherever he can paint.

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

5. Who told M they had started willing L to come stay in the second place after L finally agreed to come?
(a) Kurt.
(b) Justine.
(c) Jeffers.
(d) Tony.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the only request Tony made regarding M's appearance?

2. Why does the narrator say nothing as she watches an old man fondle a little girl on the train?

3. What did Brett say the second place seemed to be straight out of when she first saw it?

4. How long before she wrote to L did the narrator first see his artwork?

5. What did M think Brett was imaging as she stared at her and Tony when they first met?

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