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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What did Tony and M do to prepare the second place for L's arrivals the first time he said he would come?
(a) Stocked the fridge with his favorite foods.
(b) Repainted the walls and waxed the floors.
(c) Filled the place with paints and canvases.
(d) Updated the plumbing.

5. What did Tony want in the second place, which M did not?
(a) Doors.
(b) Beds.
(c) Windows.
(d) Curtains.

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. What type of painting by L was the narrator drawn to that morning in Paris?

3. How far away is the harbor town where M and Tony need to pick up L?

4. What element of L's early artwork shocked his audience?

5. What did Brett say the second place seemed to be straight out of when she first saw it?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the narrator say her first experience with L coincided with? What did she think L's visit would do in terms of her recovery?

2. How did Kurt help M when trying to explain what Justine and Kurt needed to move into the main house so L could stay in the second place?

3. What do readers learn of L's backstory in the fourth chapter?

4. In what ways did L and Tony's early experiences with death manifest differently in each man?

5. What did Tony find after clearing the adjacent land he bought near the marsh? What did he do there?

6. What issue did Brett have with the bed linen in the second place? What did she want M to do?

7. How old was L when he first became famous? What did his critics find shocking about his early work?

8. What happened on the narrator's final morning in Paris when she saw a particular sign?

9. Describe L and M's first interaction the morning after he arrived at the second place. How did she feel about him? How did he make her feel?

10. What did the narrator tell L about his artwork's impact on her life when she invited him to stay in the second place?

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