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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Tony wear to the harbor town when picking up L?

2. What feeling did L tell M he had from his early experience with death living near a slaughterhouse?

3. What did M's psychoanalyst do which she found offensive and so she stopped seeing him?

4. How long before she wrote to L did the narrator first see his artwork?

5. How did Tony's parents die?

Short Essay Questions

1. What issue did Brett have with the bed linen in the second place? What did she want M to do?

2. Where did L stay instead of coming to the second place? What happened to him while there? Where did he invite M during that winter?

3. What does the narrator say her first experience with L coincided with? What did she think L's visit would do in terms of her recovery?

4. What happened on the narrator's final morning in Paris when she saw a particular sign?

5. What do readers learn of L's backstory in the fourth chapter?

6. What do readers learn about Tony's backstory in the third chapter?

7. How did Kurt help M when trying to explain what Justine and Kurt needed to move into the main house so L could stay in the second place?

8. What did the narrator tell L about his artwork's impact on her life when she invited him to stay in the second place?

9. How does L behave at the harbor town when M and Tony first meet him?

10. What did Tony and M do to prepare the second place for L's arrival?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay about the author of Second Place. Who is she? What else has she written? How is Second Place similar or different from her previous works?

Essay Topic 2

Write a detailed analysis of tone in Cusk's Second Place. Include whether the tone changes or remains the same. If it changes, include details on when, why and whether this change is effective.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay analyzing Cusk's commentary on art in Second Place. How is art important to the story? How does it affect the narrative? Use textual evidence to explain your analysis.

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