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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Renee later think she should have done differently in response to the gift?
(a) She should have turned the book down.
(b) She should have told him she is not allowed to accept gifts.
(c) She should have sent him a book.
(d) She should have taken the book back in person.

3. Why does Renee wear a handkerchief to work?
(a) To keep a man from the next building from bothering her.
(b) To hide her hair that needs cut.
(c) It matches her dress.
(d) To hide her new hair style.

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

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

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

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

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

9. About what is Manuela joyful?
(a) Getting a visa to go home.
(b) Planning a trip to Portugal.
(c) Quitting her job with Madame Pallieres.
(d) Seeing Renee happy.

10. What does Renee tell Columbe?
(a) That the concierge's loge is not open until 8.
(b) That she should call the police.
(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.

11. What amazes Renee about her new hair style?
(a) It is so fluffy.
(b) It seems so chic.
(c) It bespeaks a woman of taste.
(d) It is simple yet elegant.

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

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

14. What does Renee think about as far as at in chapter 11?
(a) The ease with which so many artists create art.
(b) The way so many people no longer care about art.
(c) The purpose of art.
(d) The way the value of art has changed over the years.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is going on in the Arthens' former apartment?

2. What does Paloma's mother ask Renee?

3. What does Renee find not up to her standards?

4. What color is the dress Manuela borrows for Renee?

5. What happens in Chapter 16?

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