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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what way does Brett seem out of place when they meet at the harbor town?
(a) She is very quiet.
(b) She is overdressed.
(c) She is overly affectionate.
(d) She is dressed in rags.

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

3. Which relative of Brett's aided in she and L's arrival in the harbor town?
(a) Her wealthy uncle.
(b) Her billionaire cousin.
(c) Her rich father.
(d) Her millionaire mother.

4. What did L tell M he found "obscene" (19) in his first letter to her?
(a) The pollution in L.A.
(b) The traffic in Boston.
(c) The amount of money he was making.
(d) The way women dressed these days.

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

6. 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.

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

8. Which of L's relatives threatened his life in some way forcing him to run away from home when he was a teen?
(a) His aunt and uncle.
(b) His mother.
(c) His older siblings.
(d) His father.

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

10. What did M tell L Tony's early experience with death forced him to do?
(a) Treat every day like the last.
(b) Cherish his family even more.
(c) Stay exactly where he was forever.
(d) Change his evil ways.

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

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

13. What is one example the narrator cites as moments when things do not turn out as planned?
(a) Motherhood.
(b) Her first marriage.
(c) L's visit.
(d) Building the second place.

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

15. How does the narrator describe the freedom that L's painting emanated?
(a) Elegantly silent.
(b) Unrepentantly male.
(c) Beautifully narcissistic.
(d) Undoubtedly female.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator say Tony "does not show weakness of" (22)?

2. What feeling did L tell M he had from his early experience with death living near a slaughterhouse?

3. Which style of painting most spoke to the narrator as she walked through his gallery in Paris?

4. Where was the narrator heading when she met someone on a train which changed the course of her life?

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

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