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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. Why does the narrator say nothing as she watches an old man fondle a little girl on the train?
(a) She had lost her voice.
(b) The man threatened her.
(c) She did not care.
(d) She hoped someone else would.

2. How far away is the harbor town where M and Tony need to pick up L?
(a) 5 hours.
(b) 2 hours.
(c) 5 minutes.
(d) 20 minutes.

3. Who is Kurt?
(a) Tony's brother.
(b) Justine's boyfriend.
(c) A musician who stayed in the second place.
(d) M's first husband.

4. Where does L tell M he has always felt most at home?
(a) His New York studio.
(b) His childhood home.
(c) A cabin in the woods.
(d) Wherever he can paint.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which relative of Brett's aided in she and L's arrival in the harbor town?

3. Where did Tony get his wardrobe?

4. What did Tony wear to the harbor town when picking up L?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. 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?

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

5. 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?

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

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

8. 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?

9. How does L behave at the harbor town when M and Tony first meet him?

10. 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?

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