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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did M's psychoanalyst do which she found offensive and so she stopped seeing him?
(a) He told other people what she told him.
(b) He ignored her while she spoke.
(c) He doodled a character map.
(d) He told her she was not worth helping.

2. How long before she wrote to L did the narrator first see his artwork?
(a) 1 year.
(b) 15 years.
(c) 8 years.
(d) 2 months.

3. Though Tony's adopted parents never spoke of his origins, what did M suspect they were?
(a) African American.
(b) Native American.
(c) South Asian.
(d) Hispanic.

4. Why did the narrator write a letter to L in the second section?
(a) To ask him to teach her to paint.
(b) To ask him to do an exhibit in her town.
(c) To invite him to stay at her place.
(d) To tell him what a fan of his she was.

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

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

7. What did Kurt and Justine do at the house while M and Tony drove to get L?
(a) Slept.
(b) Ordered pizza.
(c) Cooked dinner.
(d) Watched television.

8. What did Tony wear to the harbor town when picking up L?
(a) Shorts and a T-Shirt.
(b) A tuxedo and bowtie.
(c) A sweatsuit and baseball cap.
(d) A three piece suit.

9. How did Brett and L arrive in the harbor town?
(a) Limosine.
(b) Boat.
(c) Cadillac.
(d) Private jet.

10. What did L ask M when he wrote that he was staying in Rio de Janeiro?
(a) If she knew anyone in the area.
(b) If she would join him.
(c) If she had ever been there.
(d) If she could get him out of there.

11. Who did L tell M he wanted to paint first?
(a) Brett.
(b) Tony.
(c) M.
(d) Kurt.

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

13. What was the narrator doing in Paris when she noticed a sign with a painting by L?
(a) Heading to meet a friend for dinner.
(b) Drinking espresso in a cafe.
(c) Searching for something to eat.
(d) Having wine with a man.

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

15. What period of M's life does she say her first encounter with L's artwork coincided?
(a) Her happiest days.
(b) Falling in love with Tony.
(c) Her most creative time.
(d) Her darkest years.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Brett want M to buy new bed linens?

2. Which style of painting most spoke to the narrator as she walked through his gallery in Paris?

3. What mode of transportation does L tell M he will take to meet her?

4. What is one example the narrator cites as moments when things do not turn out as planned?

5. With whom did L live while his father was dying?

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