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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 143 - 181.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How are the people with whom L lived while his father died described?
(a) Hardworking and rough around the edges.
(b) Quiet and calm.
(c) Studious and intellectually.
(d) Rough and rambunctious.

2. What did M find L's interest in going to Paris reminded her of?
(a) The writer she met there.
(b) Falling in love with Tony.
(c) Her darkest years.
(d) The freedom she lacked.

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

4. What did Tony's friend tell M when he came by after Tony left?
(a) Tony asked him to loan M a car.
(b) Tony said he would not be coming back.
(c) Tony left her for another woman.
(d) Tony died in a car crash.

5. What did L tell Kurt about becoming a writer?
(a) He did not think he could do it.
(b) It has been L's dream to be a writer.
(c) It did not take any particular talent.
(d) It was painstaking work.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did the group gather in the living room of the main house one evening?

2. What does the narrator say Tony "does not show weakness of" (22)?

3. What did Tony do for L to help him get around?

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

5. Who is Kurt?

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