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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. How old was L when he first became famous?
(a) In his 30s.
(b) In his 60s.
(c) In his 20s.
(d) In his 50s.

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

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

6. How many children does the narrator tell Jeffers she had when she went to Paris?
(a) 4.
(b) 3.
(c) 2.
(d) 1.

7. Who does the narrator say she meant on a train at the start of the novel, which made the following years difficult?
(a) Her first husband.
(b) Her father.
(c) A thief.
(d) The devil.

8. What did Tony and M do to prepare the second place for L's arrivals the first time he said he would come?
(a) Repainted the walls and waxed the floors.
(b) Updated the plumbing.
(c) Stocked the fridge with his favorite foods.
(d) Filled the place with paints and canvases.

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

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

11. Who does the narrator say appears to be free, which "doesn't look like much" (8)?
(a) Justine.
(b) Tony.
(c) Kurt.
(d) Jeffers.

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

13. What does the narrator say she has wanted to be her whole life, but has never succeeded?
(a) Creative.
(b) Beautiful.
(c) Free.
(d) Driven.

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

15. Who is Brett?
(a) Justine's boyfriend.
(b) Justine's college roommate.
(c) L's female companion.
(d) L's daughter.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the narrator doing in Paris when she noticed a sign with a painting by L?

2. What does the narrator say she learned from a young age would have made her life easier?

3. Who is the author of Second Place?

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

5. Who is Kurt?

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