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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Who did the narrator meet during her darkest years who helped improve her life?
(a) Tony.
(b) Kurt.
(c) Jeffers.
(d) Arthur.

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

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

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

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

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

9. Though Tony's adopted parents never spoke of his origins, what did M suspect they were?
(a) South Asian.
(b) Native American.
(c) Hispanic.
(d) African American.

10. Where was L when M first wrote to him?
(a) L.A.
(b) Manhattan.
(c) Chicago.
(d) San Franciso.

11. Who is the author of Second Place?
(a) Rachel Cusk.
(b) Rachel Cusack.
(c) Rachel Chaplain.
(d) Rachel Champagne.

12. 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.

13. To whom is the narrator speaking in Second Place?
(a) Jackson.
(b) Jenson.
(c) Jasper.
(d) Jeffers.

14. What disease does M think L's father died from?
(a) Diabetes.
(b) Lung disease.
(c) Cancer.
(d) Heart disease.

15. What does the narrator say she learned from a young age would have made her life easier?
(a) Being well-educated.
(b) Being male.
(c) Being free.
(d) Being rich.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where else in the world did the narrator get the same feeling she had when looking at L's paintings?

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

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

4. Who is Kurt?

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

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