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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What is going on in the Arthens' former apartment?
(a) A lot of shouting.
(b) Remodeling.
(c) Strange noises.
(d) Concerts.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is one topic Renee and Kakuro discuss over dinner?

2. What conflict does Paloma witness?

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

4. Why does Paloma threaten to spread rumors about the therapist?

5. Who are Levin and Kitty?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Paloma want of Renee when she comes to Renee's door at eight?

2. Why does Paloma prefer her aunt and uncle over her own parents?

3. Why is Manuela happy about the new tenant?

4. How does Renee obtain a dress for her date and what disturbs her about the dress?

5. Why does Paloma's mother take her to a therapist and what fascinates her about him?

6. What does Kakuro want when he comes to Renee's apartment, and what is her response?

7. What does Renee think about art in Chapters 10 and 11?

8. With whom does Paloma have tea and how does she respond to the event?

9. How does Renee give herself away as far as her intelligence to the new tenant?

10. Who wakes Renee at seven and what does Renee tell the person?

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