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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 69 - 108.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Tony say after his first portrait sitting with L?
(a) He could not believe he sat with such a revered artist.
(b) He did not know why L did not just kill himself.
(c) L was not a good painter.
(d) L was a nice man, but misunderstood.

2. Why does the narrator say nothing as she watches an old man fondle a little girl on the train?
(a) She had lost her voice.
(b) She did not care.
(c) The man threatened her.
(d) She hoped someone else would.

3. What does M tell L made her feel “dowdy and ugly, like a consolation prize” (57)?
(a) His apathy in her presence.
(b) Her husband's lack of interest.
(c) His gratitude.
(d) His girlfriend.

4. How did Brett meet L?
(a) L was teaching an art class Brett took.
(b) Her father introduced them.
(c) Through her billionaire cousin.
(d) She worked at gallery that exhibited his art.

5. What reason did L give to M for not wanting to paint her portrait?
(a) He could not really see her.
(b) He did not find her beautiful.
(c) He was not really a portrait painter.
(d) He was afraid of his attraction to her.

Short Answer Questions

1. What element of L's early artwork shocked his audience?

2. Which relative of Brett's aided in she and L's arrival in the harbor town?

3. What does M refer to as "all so many stabs in the dark" (69)?

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

5. Who was Candy?

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