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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 does the narrator say Tony "does not show weakness of" (22)?
(a) Pride.
(b) Neglect.
(c) Charity.
(d) Spirit.

2. Who told M they had started willing L to come stay in the second place after L finally agreed to come?
(a) Tony.
(b) Kurt.
(c) Jeffers.
(d) Justine.

3. Where did Tony get his wardrobe?
(a) M made it.
(b) His dead father and grandfather.
(c) He ordered everything online.
(d) The local thrift store.

4. What did M tell L Tony's early experience with death forced him to do?
(a) Change his evil ways.
(b) Treat every day like the last.
(c) Cherish his family even more.
(d) Stay exactly where he was forever.

5. What did Tony discover when clearing the land near their house after he purchased it?
(a) A old graveyard.
(b) A suitcase of L's paintings.
(c) A decaying cottage.
(d) A safe filled with gold.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which of L's relatives threatened his life in some way forcing him to run away from home when he was a teen?

3. Though the second place was built for M, who did Tony say would likely think it was for them?

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

5. Where does L tell M he has always felt most at home?

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

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

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

7. 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?

8. 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?

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

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

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