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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 suspect gave his father the bruises he often saw on him when he was dying?
(a) His brothers.
(b) The nurses.
(c) His mother.
(d) His uncle.

2. Who drank the least when everyone from the main house and the second house sat by the fire?
(a) Brett.
(b) Justine.
(c) M.
(d) L.

3. Who did M think was in the picture that fell out of Justine's purse?
(a) Justine and her father.
(b) Justine and Tony.
(c) Justine and L.
(d) Justine and M.

4. What surprised M about L's portrait of Tony?
(a) Tony was feminine.
(b) Tony was far more handsome.
(c) Tony was ugly.
(d) Tony was very tiny in it.

5. What did L tell M he heard while wading back from the sandbar?
(a) Gunshots.
(b) A coyote.
(c) A bear.
(d) A woman screaming.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Tony do often when he and M first met?

2. What did M think was a "pointless squandering of [Justine's] femininity" (71)?

3. What surprised M when she went to the second place to bring L a package that had arrived for him?

4. What did Candy ask L to do in her letter to him while he was in the second place?

5. What did Justine ask her mother when she tried to hug her after Tony had told her Justine needed her love?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Kurt treat Justine when they first stayed a the main house?

2. How old was Justine when M returned from Paris when her marriage ended? Why did M not see her daughter for a year?

3. Why did the family gather in the living room one night while M fixed it up extra nice in case L joined them?

4. Why does M find it interesting that Kurt is able to speak so freely with L?

5. Where would M watch her daughter when she was young and M was unable to see her? What did her husband do and say when he spotted M? What did M do not long after that day?

6. What new career path does Kurt decide he is going to take? What does he do to prepare?

7. Why does L jump on the table in the second place and ask M if they should have fun? How does M feel about this?

8. What does Brett tell M regarding her relationship with L while they are gardening?

9. Describe Kurt's reading in the living room at the main house. What did L say about it when he was finished?

10. How does L describe his mother to M when she goes to the second place to deliver his package?

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