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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. How does the narrator describe the freedom that L's painting emanated?
2. How are the people with whom L lived while his father died described?
3. What did M tell L Tony's early experience with death forced him to do?
4. Which relative of Brett's aided in she and L's arrival in the harbor town?
5. What was the narrator doing in Paris when she noticed a sign with a painting by L?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
2. What do readers learn of L's backstory in the fourth chapter?
3. Who is the narrator speaking to at the start of the novel? What does she say happened while on a train in Paris?
4. What does the narrator feel L's painting emanated when she first saw them that morning in Paris, which compelled her to follow it to the art gallery?
5. Where did M and Tony pick up L? What did Justine and Kurt do while they were away?
6. 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?
7. Where was L when M first wrote to him? What did he say about the idea of being alone? Where did he say he felt most alone and free?
8. What did Tony and M do to prepare the second place for L's arrival?
9. Describe L and M's first interaction the morning after he arrived at the second place. How did she feel about him? How did he make her feel?
10. What do readers learn about Tony's backstory in the third chapter?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Several times in the novel, M refers to a time after taking a train from Paris that her life spun downward. What do you think happened based on the details she provides in the story?
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay analyzing the symbolic significance M's family's economic status has on the story. Why is this important and how does it develop the themes of the story? What would be different if her family were poor? Use examples from the text to support your viewpoint.
Essay Topic 3
Read a review of Second Place. Write an essay about how this review impacted your own views or understanding of the story.
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