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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) Ordered pizza.
(b) Watched television.
(c) Slept.
(d) Cooked dinner.

2. What element of L's early artwork shocked his audience?
(a) The nudity.
(b) The femininity.
(c) The political commentary.
(d) The violence.

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

4. Who is Kurt?
(a) M's first husband.
(b) Justine's boyfriend.
(c) Tony's brother.
(d) A musician who stayed in the second place.

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

6. Where did Tony get his wardrobe?
(a) His dead father and grandfather.
(b) M made it.
(c) The local thrift store.
(d) He ordered everything online.

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

8. What word does the narrator use to describe the writer with whom she spent her last night in Paris?
(a) Eccentric.
(b) Environmentalist.
(c) Earnest.
(d) Egotist.

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

10. How did Tony's parents die?
(a) They drowned.
(b) They were in a fatal car accident.
(c) They committed suicide.
(d) They were murdered.

11. Who did M send to L and Brett to get a list of items they might need from the nearest town?
(a) Tony's friends.
(b) Jeffers.
(c) Tony.
(d) Justine and Kurt.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How are the people with whom L lived while his father died described?

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

3. Where did L say he was staying instead of going to the second place?

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

5. In what way does Brett seem out of place when they meet at the harbor town?

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