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

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

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

4. Who is the author of Second Place?
(a) Rachel Cusk.
(b) Rachel Cusack.
(c) Rachel Chaplain.
(d) Rachel Champagne.

5. What does L tell M he always feel the need to escape during their first conversation after he arrived at the second place?
(a) Women.
(b) Society.
(c) His own mind.
(d) Fame.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Tony's parents die?

2. How many children does the narrator tell Jeffers she had when she went to Paris?

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

4. Where was L when M first wrote to him?

5. How long before she wrote to L did the narrator first see his artwork?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Where did M and Tony pick up L? What did Justine and Kurt do while they were away?

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

8. Whose portrait did L tell M he wanted to paint? How did she feel that he did not wish to paint her? What did she say to him about this?

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

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

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