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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 did the group gather in the living room of the main house one evening?
(a) To tell Brett and L they had to leave.
(b) To hear Brett and Justine sing and Kurt read.
(c) To ask Kurt to move.
(d) To have a family meeting.

2. What nickname, which M found offensive, did Brett use with Justine?
(a) Mother Hubbard.
(b) Little Miss Muffet.
(c) Mother Goose.
(d) Daisy-head Maisy.

3. What were L's earliest subjects when he was learning to draw?
(a) His parents.
(b) His aunt and uncle.
(c) Insects.
(d) Dead animals.

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

5. What biblical scene was Brett and L painting on the wall of the second place?
(a) The Last Supper.
(b) The crucifixion.
(c) Garden of Eden.
(d) The Nativity.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did M feel as Justine grew more and more independent?

2. Who did L suspect gave his father the bruises he often saw on him when he was dying?

3. What did Kurt confess to M regarding his attempt at becoming a writer?

4. Who drank the least when everyone from the main house and the second house sat by the fire?

5. What did L tell M he and Brett called her ladder-back chair in the second place?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How did M feel as she got dressed for her portrait sitting? What did she wear? What did happened between her and Tony?

3. Why does M think parents try to predict how a child will turn out? What does she think is all that really matters in terms of parenting?

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 does M tell L when he asks how she paid for their land and homes?

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

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 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?

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

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

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