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

2. Who fell asleep while Kurt read his manuscript in the living room of the main house one evening?
(a) M.
(b) L.
(c) Tony.
(d) Brett.

3. What did M realize about the mural Brett and L were making on the walls of the second place?
(a) It was going to increase the value of her property.
(b) She was Eve.
(c) L was not a very good painter.
(d) Brett was the best painter she had seen.

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

5. What part of the main house did M offer to Kurt to pursue his new career?
(a) The basement.
(b) The bathroom.
(c) The living room.
(d) Her study.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did M think was in the picture that fell out of Justine's purse?

2. How much of Justine's young life was M unable to care for her?

3. What did Tony yell to M as she ran to the second place to have her portrait painted?

4. How did Justine change her physical appearance after spending more time with Brett?

5. What did M do not long after her ex-husband humiliated her in front of Justine?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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

3. What did Tony do while he and M were apart when they first fell in love? How did M feel about this part of her life in comparison to other times?

4. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

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