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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

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

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

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

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

6. 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) Women.
(c) Society.
(d) Fame.

7. How long before she wrote to L did the narrator first see his artwork?
(a) 8 years.
(b) 1 year.
(c) 15 years.
(d) 2 months.

8. 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) Justine and Kurt.
(c) Jeffers.
(d) Tony.

9. 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 old graveyard.
(d) A safe filled with gold.

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

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

12. Who did L tell M he wanted to paint first?
(a) Brett.
(b) Tony.
(c) Kurt.
(d) M.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Brett and L arrive in the harbor town?

2. Who is Kurt?

3. How did Tony's parents die?

4. What disease does M think L's father died from?

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

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