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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 part of the main house did M offer to Kurt to pursue his new career?
2. What did L tell Kurt about becoming a writer?
3. What did Justine tell M Brett did while she put herself through medical school?
4. What would M sometimes do after her first husband took Justine to live with him?
5. Who did L suspect gave his father the bruises he often saw on him when he was dying?
Short Essay Questions
1. What were Brett and L doing when M approached the second place for her portrait sitting? Why did M think they were mocking her?
2. How did Kurt treat Justine when they first stayed a the main house?
3. How did Justine and Tony's desire to get a dog make M feel?
4. How old was Justine when M returned from Paris when her marriage ended? Why did M not see her daughter for a year?
5. How did Justine's relationship with Brett change her?
6. 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?
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. Describe Kurt's reading in the living room at the main house. What did L say about it when he was finished?
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. What does Tony tell M after sitting for L for a portrait? Why does he stop?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay examining the cabin in the North Hills as a symbol in Second Place. In what scenes does the cabin appear? What is the context? How does the cabin develop the narrative?
Essay Topic 2
Examine the use of dialogue versus the use of description. Look at how each is used in the novel and what makes these uses effective or ineffective.
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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