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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 did M's ex call her when he picked Justine up from school one day?
(a) That lost soul.
(b) That terrible woman.
(c) That miserable hag.
(d) That sad excuse for a mother.

2. What did Tony say after his first portrait sitting with L?
(a) L was not a good painter.
(b) He could not believe he sat with such a revered artist.
(c) He did not know why L did not just kill himself.
(d) L was a nice man, but misunderstood.

3. How did Brett meet L?
(a) She worked at gallery that exhibited his art.
(b) L was teaching an art class Brett took.
(c) Through her billionaire cousin.
(d) Her father introduced them.

4. How did M sometimes feel when Tony asked Kurt to help him with work?
(a) She felt please her daughter had found such a masculine boyfriend.
(b) She wanted to protest.
(c) She felt relieved he was not asking her.
(d) She felt glad Kurt could take some of the burden off Tony.

5. What happened not long after M returned from Paris?
(a) Her marriage ended.
(b) She got severely ill.
(c) She published her first novel.
(d) She became pregnant.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did the group gather in the living room of the main house one evening?

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

3. How old was Justine when L stayed with them at the second place?

4. With whom did Justine spend most of her time while Tony and Kurt built an irrigation system?

5. What did L tell M she played at being?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How did M interpret L's long explanation for why he would not paint her portrait the day he found her picking edible greens by the water? How did L respond to M's reaction?

3. 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?

4. What does Candy say in the letter L received while at the second place?

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

6. What does L tell M about his father when she goes to the second place to deliver a package that arrived for him?

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

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

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

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