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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where was Justine working before coming to the second place?
(a) New York.
(b) Rome.
(c) Berlin.
(d) Paris.

3. What type of painting by L was the narrator drawn to that morning in Paris?
(a) Landscape.
(b) Abstract.
(c) Self-portrait.
(d) Still life.

4. With whom did L live while his father was dying?
(a) His older sister and her husband.
(b) His older brother.
(c) His aunt and uncle.
(d) Foster parents.

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

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

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

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

9. How far away is the harbor town where M and Tony need to pick up L?
(a) 2 hours.
(b) 5 minutes.
(c) 5 hours.
(d) 20 minutes.

10. What did Tony discover when clearing the land near their house after he purchased it?
(a) A decaying cottage.
(b) A safe filled with gold.
(c) A suitcase of L's paintings.
(d) A old graveyard.

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

12. What type of vehicle does Tony drive?
(a) A pick-up truck.
(b) A minivan.
(c) A corvette.
(d) A jeep.

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

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

15. Where does L say he has never felt "freer and more alone" (19)?
(a) The marsh.
(b) L.A.
(c) New York.
(d) Paris.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did L tell M he had spent most of his life as?

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

3. Who is Kurt?

4. Where did Tony get his wardrobe?

5. To whom is the narrator speaking in Second Place?

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