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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who ends up joining Newman, Claire, and Valentin during Newman's first visit to see Claire?
(a) Newman's ex-wife.
(b) Noemie.
(c) Mrs. Tristam.
(d) Valentin's wife.

2. How much is the final price of Noemie's painting when it is delivered?
(a) 3,000 francs.
(b) 3,000,000 francs.
(c) 300,000 francs.
(d) 30,000 francs.

3. What does Newman notice about Noemie when he comes to visit her with Valentin?
(a) She has become incredibly thin.
(b) She is more talented than other painters.
(c) She is only pretending to work.
(d) She has gained a bit of weight.

4. How does Newman think Noemie has come to be so wise in the ways of the world?
(a) By being born with a gift for reading people.
(b) By watching people in the museum.
(c) By having a hard life.
(d) By spending so much time in the orphanage.

5. What topic comes up during Newman's first visit to see Claire?
(a) Newman's business ventures.
(b) How much everyone hates the queen.
(c) A plague that is taking over the city.
(d) Newman's home in San Francisco.

6. What is Babcock's job?
(a) He is a tennis player.
(b) He is an artist.
(c) He is a Unitarian minister.
(d) He is a businessman.

7. Where does Tristam suggest he and Newman go instead of hanging out in the Louvre?
(a) A nearby park.
(b) To a nearby cafe.
(c) Back to Madrid.
(d) The Palais Royal.

8. How does Newman come to view Tristam after a while?
(a) As one of the kindest people he knows.
(b) As his long-lost brother.
(c) As a bit of a snob.
(d) As someone in need of medical help for his drinking.

9. Who does Mrs. Tristam tell Newman is persecuting Claire?
(a) Her mother and one of her brothers.
(b) A reporter who knows secrets about her.
(c) The ghosts of her past.
(d) A priest who is obsessed with her.

10. What is Babcock's first name?
(a) Brock.
(b) Benjamin.
(c) Bennington.
(d) Brian.

11. What does Newman prefer to do instead of going to the club and playing poker with Tristam?
(a) Feeding pigeons in the park.
(b) Hanging out and talking to Mrs. Tristam.
(c) Watching the women paint in the Louvre.
(d) Spending time alone.

12. What does Newman ask Valentin to help him do with Claire?
(a) Have her forget her promise to her mother.
(b) Have her run away with him.
(c) Have her think well of him.
(d) Have her stop writing so many letters to him each day.

13. Why does Nioche seek out Newman when he returns to Paris?
(a) He wants to sell more of Noemie's paintings.
(b) He is afraid someone is trying to kill him.
(c) He wants to keep giving him French lessons.
(d) He believes he found the perfect husband for Noemie.

14. What is Newman's full name?
(a) Jackson Christopher Newman Smith III.
(b) Jackson Christopher Newman Smith.
(c) Christopher Newman.
(d) The reader never finds out.

15. What does Nioche confide in Newman is the biggest struggle for him regarding his daughter?
(a) How much she reminds him of her mother.
(b) Her bad behavior.
(c) Her desire to work all the time.
(d) Her great beauty.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the only thing that Claire refuses to do to keep peace in her family?

2. Where does Tristam want Newman to go so they can play poker together?

3. How much does Noemie tell Newman her first painting wlll cost to purchase?

4. What do the Nioches add to Noemie's first painting that brings its price up?

5. How does Mrs. Tristam know that Claire is back in town after Newman comes back to town?

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