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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. Who did L tell M he wanted to paint first?
(a) Kurt.
(b) M.
(c) Tony.
(d) Brett.

2. What does M call the cabin on her and her husband's property?
(a) The second place.
(b) The tiny house.
(c) The other place.
(d) The artist's residence.

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 do an exhibit in her town.
(c) To ask him to teach her to paint.
(d) To tell him what a fan of his she was.

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

5. How did Tony's parents die?
(a) They committed suicide.
(b) They drowned.
(c) They were in a fatal car accident.
(d) They were murdered.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Brett?

2. Where was Justine working before coming to the second place?

3. What does the narrator say she learned from a young age would have made her life easier?

4. What mode of transportation does L tell M he will take to meet her?

5. Who does the narrator say she meant on a train at the start of the novel, which made the following years difficult?

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. 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?

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

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

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

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

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. 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?

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

10. What did the narrator do on her final night in Paris and with whom?

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