2. What does M. Devaux think of the first book of stories?
(a) They are suspicious.
(b) They are macabre.
(c) They are bad.
(d) They are brilliant.

3. What does Earl like to do with the narrator when they first get to America?
(a) Bring her to dinner parties to show her off.
(b) Take her to the beach.
(c) Take her to movies.
(d) Take her furniture shopping.

4. What, in general, are people often to the narrator?
(a) Hideous or tedious.
(b) Kind.
(c) Sinister.
(d) Boring.

5. Where do the narrator and Fabienne often go together for peace?
(a) The forest.
(b) The cemetery.
(c) The river.
(d) The sea.

6. What does a journalist admonish Agnes when she goes to Paris alone?
(a) Wait until she meets other writers.
(b) Wait until she starts drinking.
(c) Wait until she meets older men.
(d) Wait until she starts smoking.

7. What problem do the narrator and her husband have?
(a) Heart problems.
(b) Infertility.
(c) Financial problems.
(d) Reading problems.

8. Why does Fabienne think Agnes is a better envoy for the book?
(a) Agnes is smarter.
(b) Agnes is taller.
(c) Agnes is quieter.
(d) Agnes is prettier.

9. What do Agnes's parents say M. Devaux will do soon?
(a) Move away.
(b) Marry again.
(c) Die.
(d) Get a new job.

10. What does the narrator say "corrupts"?
(a) Freedom.
(b) Happiness.
(c) Time.
(d) Anger.

11. What does Fabienne think she needs to do for Agnes?
(a) Explain everything to her.
(b) Feed her.
(c) Coddle her.
(d) Tell her the answers to tests.

12. What does Fabienne tell Agnes when Agnes returns from Paris?
(a) Fabienne likes to eat meat.
(b) Fabienne's father died.
(c) Fabienne thinks she knows what it means not to be a virgin.
(d) Fabienne is running away.

13. How old are the narrator and Fabienne when they start writing?
(a) 20.
(b) 18.
(c) 13.
(d) 5.

14. What are Americans quick to label people as?
(a) Friendly.
(b) Suspicious.
(c) Angry.
(d) Passive.

15. What do Fabienne and Agnes do with M. Devaux in Part II?
(a) Kill someone.
(b) Dance.
(c) Have sex.
(d) Drink.