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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What surprises Manuela when she and Renee are talking about Renee's upcoming dinner date?
(a) That Renee is not nervous.
(b) That Renee had even thought of turning Kakuro down.
(c) That Renee does not have a suitable dress.
(d) That Renee is terribly nervous.

2. What does Jacinthe Rosen do for Renee?
(a) Push for better benefits.
(b) Give her a gift certificate.
(c) Introduces her to the new tenent in the building.
(d) Push for a raise.

3. What does Manuela say about Renee's looks when Renee dons her borrowed dress?
(a) The dress needs to be taken in a little in the bust.
(b) She needs an accessory.
(c) The dress needs to be taken in a little in the hips.
(d) Perfect.

4. What fascinates Renee about Kakuro?
(a) He is over six feet tall.
(b) He is blind.
(c) He is Japanese.
(d) He is pleasant to her.

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

6. What does Renee tell Columbe?
(a) That she should call the police.
(b) That the concierge's loge is not open until 8.
(c) To call the concierge that is on duty.
(d) That a phone call is as bad as Colombe coming to the door and knocking.

7. What do Renee and Kakuro discuss before he shows her his kitchen?
(a) The haiku poem he gives her.
(b) The painting in the entryway.
(c) The way the Japanese value austerity.
(d) The tapestry hanging in the entryway.

8. Why is Renee embarrassed?
(a) She trips on the floor mat.
(b) She thought a particular painting was done by someone else.
(c) She needs to use the bathroom.
(d) She falls into him when she stumbles on the door step.

9. Who has Monsieur Ozu fired?
(a) The Butler.
(b) The cook.
(c) The Grelier.
(d) The maintenance man.

10. What discussion takes place at Renee's apartment?
(a) The differences between French and English cultures.
(b) The difference between and good and bad death.
(c) The reason the average person resents the wealthy.
(d) The differences between film and literature.

11. What disturbs Paloma about the therapist?
(a) The way he looks at her mother.
(b) His indifference to anything she says.
(c) His violent reaction to her threats.
(d) How he constantly clears his throat.

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

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

14. What does Paloma's mother ask Renee?
(a) If Paloma may help Renee in her duties.
(b) If Renee is dating Kakuro.
(c) If it is alright for Paloma to spend time at Renee's apartment.
(d) If Renee knows the young man who is the concierge in the next building.

15. What does a courier deliver to Renee?
(a) An invitation.
(b) A small cat statue.
(c) A pair of tickets.
(d) An expensive book.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Marguerite?

2. In what way does Paloma's mother differ from most of the tenants in the building?

3. What do Kakuro and Renee make plans to do?

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

5. About what does Paloma contradict a teacher of hers?

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