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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 horror story.
(d) A fairy tale.

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

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

4. Where did L say he was staying instead of going to the second place?
(a) A cabin in the woods.
(b) His New York studio.
(c) Paris.
(d) An island.

5. 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.

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

7. What does M call the cabin on her and her husband's property?
(a) The second place.
(b) The tiny house.
(c) The other place.
(d) The artist's residence.

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

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

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

11. Where was the narrator heading when she met someone on a train which changed the course of her life?
(a) Istanbul.
(b) Tokyo.
(c) Paris.
(d) London.

12. What did M once see a musician who was staying in the second place to record bird songs doing?
(a) Flapping around and pretending to be a bird.
(b) Frying eggs naked.
(c) Talking to a bird as if it could understand.
(d) Making love to a woman.

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

14. 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.

15. How old was M when L came to the marsh?
(a) 27.
(b) 65.
(c) 35.
(d) 50.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the only request Tony made regarding M's appearance?

2. Which of L's relatives threatened his life in some way forcing him to run away from home when he was a teen?

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

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

5. Who is the author of Second Place?

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