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

2. What does Kurt begin wearing after announcing his new career path?
(a) A dirty t-shirt, jeans and a tool belt.
(b) A Hawaiian shirt and shorts.
(c) A sailor suit.
(d) A long, black velvet coat and red beret.

3. What did M find L's interest in going to Paris reminded her of?
(a) The writer she met there.
(b) Her darkest years.
(c) Falling in love with Tony.
(d) The freedom she lacked.

4. What surprised M when she went to the second place to bring L a package that had arrived for him?
(a) They took her curtains down.
(b) They trashed the place.
(c) L was dead.
(d) They repainted the walls.

5. What did M think was a "pointless squandering of [Justine's] femininity" (71)?
(a) The plain way she dressed.
(b) Her time spent with Kurt.
(c) Her lack of lipstick or eye makeup.
(d) The fact that she never really dated.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Candy's letter, why does she say she had been thinking of L and their time in California?

2. What does M assure L the sound he heard was, which was no cause for worry?

3. With whom did Kurt begin to spend most of his time after embarking on his new career?

4. What did L tell M he heard while wading back from the sandbar?

5. What did Brett do to Justine which upset M to the point of yelling at Brett?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Tony tell M after sitting for L for a portrait? Why does he stop?

2. How did Justine's relationship with Brett change her?

3. Describe the interaction between M and Brett after Brett pulled Justine's smock over her head?

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

5. What did Kurt tell M about L the day after his reading? What advice did L give to Kurt regarding Justine? What did Kurt warn M that L had said to him?

6. What were Brett and L doing when M approached the second place for her portrait sitting? Why did M think they were mocking her?

7. What did M give to Justine to make up for the year she was unable to care for her? Does M believe Justine ever used this?

8. How did Justine and Tony's desire to get a dog make M feel?

9. 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?

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

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