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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was staying in the second place when L wrote announcing that he would finally go there?
(a) M.
(b) Jeffers.
(c) Tony.
(d) Justine and Kurt.

2. Which style of painting most spoke to the narrator as she walked through his gallery in Paris?
(a) Portraits.
(b) Surrealist.
(c) Landscapes.
(d) Modernist.

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

4. Though the second place was built for M, who did Tony say would likely think it was for them?
(a) L.
(b) Jeffers.
(c) Justine.
(d) Kurt.

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

6. What mode of transportation does L tell M he will take to meet her?
(a) A jeep.
(b) A private jet.
(c) A boat.
(d) A horse.

7. What did Tony want in the second place, which M did not?
(a) Windows.
(b) Curtains.
(c) Doors.
(d) Beds.

8. Why did Brett want M to buy new bed linens?
(a) She did not like the color.
(b) Theirs were not warm enough.
(c) L had soiled them.
(d) Theirs were too rough.

9. What did Tony fail to do, which sometimes made M feel invisible?
(a) Hug her.
(b) Ask how her day was.
(c) Criticize.
(d) Tell her she was beautiful.

10. What did L tell M he had spent most of his life as?
(a) A beggar.
(b) A sinner.
(c) A thief.
(d) A puppet.

11. What did Brett say the second place seemed to be straight out of when she first saw it?
(a) A romance novel.
(b) A Good Housekeeping magazine.
(c) A fairy tale.
(d) A horror story.

12. What was the only request Tony made regarding M's appearance?
(a) She wore short skirts.
(b) She wore red lipstick.
(c) She dressed very modestly.
(d) She did not cut or dye her hair.

13. What word does the narrator use to describe Jeffers at the start of the story?
(a) Muralist.
(b) Masochist.
(c) Methodist.
(d) Moralist.

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

15. What does L tell M he always feel the need to escape during their first conversation after he arrived at the second place?
(a) Women.
(b) Fame.
(c) His own mind.
(d) Society.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did M send to L and Brett to get a list of items they might need from the nearest town?

2. How does the narrator describe the freedom that L's painting emanated?

3. What feeling did L tell M he had from his early experience with death living near a slaughterhouse?

4. What reason did L give to M for not wanting to paint her portrait?

5. What did Tony and M do to prepare the second place for L's arrivals the first time he said he would come?

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