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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Renee invite Paloma into her apartment?
(a) Paloma has a book in her hand Renee loves.
(b) Renee is lonely.
(c) Paloma seemed to need to talk.
(d) She does not want to shut the door in Paloma's face.

2. Why is Paloma surprised that the new tenant wants to have tea with her mother?
(a) Because her mother is black.
(b) Because her mother's father was the commander in occupied Japan.
(c) Because most of the tenents shun her mother.
(d) Because her mother cannot speak English very well.

3. What Japanese tradition does Kakuro explain?
(a) That they hide the sounds of flushing.
(b) That the more powerful person pours the tea for the less powerful person.
(c) That the younger person pours the tea for the older person.
(d) That they take off their shoes.

4. How does Renee feel before Kakuro?
(a) Flustered.
(b) Exposed.
(c) Intimidated.
(d) Like a little girl.

5. What does Paloma wonder what might be the true movement of the world?
(a) Piano music.
(b) Voices raised in song.
(c) The sound of the ocean waves.
(d) Hands clasping each other.

6. What book does Kakuro give Renee?
(a) An expensive copy of Middlemarch.
(b) An expensive copy of Anna Karenina.
(c) An expensive copy of A Tale of Two Cities.
(d) An expensive copy of Barbet.

7. Why does Paloma prefer her aunt and uncle to her own parents?
(a) They seem to have accepted their place in the world.
(b) They are kinder and more liberal.
(c) They are more attentive to Paloma and others.
(d) They are fun and full of life.

8. Why does Paloma threaten to spread rumors about the therapist?
(a) To see if he is able to read her well.
(b) To provoke him into making Paloma leave.
(c) To see if he is a good therapist.
(d) To get him to move.

9. What is one topic Renee and Kakuro discuss over dinner?
(a) Renee's lack of education.
(b) Paloma.
(c) The fact that Renee is young to be in charge of the entire building.
(d) The rancor that some in France feel towards Orientals.

10. What surprises Renee about Kakuro's last name?
(a) It is the same as another Japanese man she knows.
(b) It is the same as both a favorite author and filmmaker of Renee's.
(c) It is German.
(d) It is not Japanese.

11. What arrives for Columbe?
(a) A telegram.
(b) A dress.
(c) Her master's thesis.
(d) A letter from a beau.

12. How does Kakuro ask Renee to dinner?
(a) Sends her an invitation with Paloma.
(b) Sends her an invitation with his assistant.
(c) Calls her on the phone.
(d) Comes in person to her door.

13. Who are Levin and Kitty?
(a) The only other children in the building.
(b) Kakuro's cats.
(c) Paloma's cousins.
(d) Brother and sister who come by the building every morning with the newspapers.

14. What does Renee think about concerning art?
(a) Its inconsistency.
(b) Its incongruence.
(c) Its way of soothing stress.
(d) Its ability to heal.

15. Why is Manuela excited about being retained by Kakura?
(a) He has few demands.
(b) He has a good-looking cook about her age.
(c) He gave her raise.
(d) He wants her to reside in his apartment complex.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Renee thinks offers more continuity in a house than conventional doors?

2. What conflict does Paloma witness?

3. What is Renee careful about as she walks to Kakuro's apartment?

4. What is Paloma fascinated about concerning the therapist?

5. What surprises Manuela when she arrives at Renee's apartment?

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