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

2. What was the narrator doing in Paris when she noticed a sign with a painting by L?
(a) Heading to meet a friend for dinner.
(b) Having wine with a man.
(c) Searching for something to eat.
(d) Drinking espresso in a cafe.

3. Why did the narrator write a letter to L in the second section?
(a) To invite him to stay at her place.
(b) To ask him to teach her to paint.
(c) To ask him to do an exhibit in her town.
(d) To tell him what a fan of his she was.

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) Repainted the walls and waxed the floors.
(b) Filled the place with paints and canvases.
(c) Stocked the fridge with his favorite foods.
(d) Updated the plumbing.

5. Who is Brett?
(a) L's daughter.
(b) Justine's college roommate.
(c) Justine's boyfriend.
(d) L's female companion.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Kurt and Justine do at the house while M and Tony drove to get L?

2. Who is the author of Second Place?

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

4. What does M call the cabin on her and her husband's property?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How is M's hair described at the time of L's visit? Why did she keep it that way?

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

3. What did Tony and M do to prepare the second place for L's arrival?

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

5. 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?

6. What do readers learn about Tony's backstory in the third chapter?

7. How does the narrator describe the man she met on the train in Paris? What was he doing? Why did she not say something?

8. What does Tony say to M when she gets angry with him after L says he is not staying with them?

9. 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?

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

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