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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did M think was a "pointless squandering of [Justine's] femininity" (71)?
(a) The fact that she never really dated.
(b) Her time spent with Kurt.
(c) Her lack of lipstick or eye makeup.
(d) The plain way she dressed.

2. Where did Candy move after her time in California?
(a) Paris.
(b) Australia.
(c) New York.
(d) Rio de Janeiro.

3. What did Candy ask L to do in her letter to him while he was in the second place?
(a) Write her more often.
(b) Visit in Paris.
(c) Paint her daughter's portrait.
(d) Fly her to the second place.

4. Who was the only person who appeared to listen to Kurt as he read his manuscript?
(a) Tony.
(b) Brett.
(c) L.
(d) M.

5. How did M feel as Justine grew more and more independent?
(a) Happy.
(b) Relieved.
(c) Angry.
(d) Sad.

6. What nickname, which M found offensive, did Brett use with Justine?
(a) Daisy-head Maisy.
(b) Little Miss Muffet.
(c) Mother Goose.
(d) Mother Hubbard.

7. In Candy's letter, why does she say she had been thinking of L and their time in California?
(a) She came across an old photo album.
(b) Her daughter is the same age Candy was then.
(c) Her marriage is falling apart.
(d) She read an article about L.

8. What phrase did L use to describe M's novels?
(a) Pretentious ramblings.
(b) Little books.
(c) Womanly drivel.
(d) Insignificant words.

9. With whom did Justine spend most of her time while Tony and Kurt built an irrigation system?
(a) Brett.
(b) Herself.
(c) M.
(d) L.

10. What would M sometimes do after her first husband took Justine to live with him?
(a) She would watch Justine from outside of her school.
(b) She would go to her husband's and beg him to let her see their daughter.
(c) She would talk to Justine while she was at recess.
(d) She would call her ex drunk and berate him.

11. What surprised M when she went to the second place to bring L a package that had arrived for him?
(a) L was dead.
(b) They repainted the walls.
(c) They took her curtains down.
(d) They trashed the place.

12. What did M's ex call her when he picked Justine up from school one day?
(a) That miserable hag.
(b) That sad excuse for a mother.
(c) That lost soul.
(d) That terrible woman.

13. What did Justine tell M Brett did while she put herself through medical school?
(a) Taught night school.
(b) Worked as a waitress.
(c) Danced in the London ballet.
(d) Worked as a sailing instructor.

14. Who drank the least when everyone from the main house and the second house sat by the fire?
(a) L.
(b) Brett.
(c) Justine.
(d) M.

15. Who was Candy?
(a) Tony's first wife.
(b) L's daughter.
(c) L's former girlfriend.
(d) M's first child.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did L tell Kurt about becoming a writer?

2. What did M do not long after her ex-husband humiliated her in front of Justine?

3. Who was the only one of the group who did not sing along with Justine as she sang and played her guitar?

4. What did M give to Justine to make up for the time she was unable to care for her?

5. What did L's father do when he was young to keep him near him and away from his mother?

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