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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 disease does M think L's father died from?
(a) Diabetes.
(b) Cancer.
(c) Heart disease.
(d) Lung disease.

2. Who does the narrator say she meant on a train at the start of the novel, which made the following years difficult?
(a) Her first husband.
(b) The devil.
(c) A thief.
(d) Her father.

3. How are the people with whom L lived while his father died described?
(a) Rough and rambunctious.
(b) Studious and intellectually.
(c) Hardworking and rough around the edges.
(d) Quiet and calm.

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

5. What mode of transportation does L tell M he will take to meet her?
(a) A boat.
(b) A jeep.
(c) A horse.
(d) A private jet.

Short Answer Questions

1. Though Tony's adopted parents never spoke of his origins, what did M suspect they were?

2. Why did Brett want M to buy new bed linens?

3. What did Tony discover when clearing the land near their house after he purchased it?

4. What did M think Brett was imaging as she stared at her and Tony when they first met?

5. What type of vehicle does Tony drive?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Where was L when M first wrote to him? What did he say about the idea of being alone? Where did he say he felt most alone and free?

3. 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?

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

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

6. Where did L stay instead of coming to the second place? What happened to him while there? Where did he invite M during that winter?

7. What does the narrator feel L's painting emanated when she first saw them that morning in Paris, which compelled her to follow it to the art gallery?

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

9. Who is the narrator speaking to at the start of the novel? What does she say happened while on a train in Paris?

10. What is M's impression of Brett when she first meets her?

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