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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Paloma request of Renee?
(a) That an expected letter be delivered as soon as it comes.
(b) That Renee let Paloma hid in Renee's apartment.
(c) That Renee babysit Paloma's cat.
(d) That Renee come talk to Kakuro.

2. What does Renee think to herself about her interest in painting?
(a) She should dumb that down also.
(b) She wishes she were more up on modern artists.
(c) She wishes she could afford even reproductions of good art.
(d) She wishes she could paint.

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

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

5. What is Paloma fascinated about concerning the therapist?
(a) He has a bald spot on the side of his head.
(b) He does not seem to move even when he talks.
(c) His eyes are two different colors.
(d) His hands are smaller than Paloma's hands.

6. What surprises Manuela when she arrives at Renee's apartment?
(a) Renee is crying.
(b) Renee is gone but Columbe is there.
(c) Renee has a black eye.
(d) Paloma being there.

7. What bothers Renee a little about the dress Manuela borrows for her?
(a) It isvery expensive.
(b) It seems to flashy.
(c) It was made for a woman who is now deceased.
(d) It seems a little revealing.

8. What does Renee thinks offers more continuity in a house than conventional doors?
(a) Sliding doors.
(b) Open doorways.
(c) Bamboo curtins.
(d) Bead curtins.

9. What wakes Renee early the next morning?
(a) A knock on her door.
(b) A phone call.
(c) A crash.
(d) A scream.

10. What do Paloma and Kakuro decide to do?
(a) Read and discuss a book a week.
(b) Find out who Renee really is.
(c) Walk in the park daily together.
(d) Become friends.

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

12. What does Renee ask Manuela to do?
(a) Help Paloma.
(b) Make pastries.
(c) Take care of Renee's cat.
(d) Contact Paloma's mother.

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

14. Who calls Kakuro?
(a) His broker.
(b) His son.
(c) His mother.
(d) His daughter.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. About what is Manuela joyful?

2. What does Paloma's mother ask Renee?

3. What overwhelms Paloma?

4. Who are Levin and Kitty?

5. How does Kakuro ask Renee to dinner?

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