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

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

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

4. What does Renee find refreshing about rumors of Kakuro's apartment?
(a) It has no heavy-style furniture.
(b) There is nothing superfluous.
(c) It has no carpets.
(d) It is painted in shades of white.

5. What makes Paloma wonder what else a person might ignore?
(a) When the two people she observes in a fight both ignore their right hands.
(b) When Paloma's father ignores a terribly hungry person on the street.
(c) When Renee pretends she hears no insults from a tenant.
(d) When Kakuro ignores someone who mutters something about Japanese.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Paloma tell Renee Paloma knows about the woman?

2. What does Renee think about concerning art?

3. How does Renee feel before Kakuro?

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

5. What disturbs Paloma about the therapist?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Manuela tell Renee about Kakuro's apartment, and what is Renee's response?

2. Why does Paloma displease a teacher at her school?

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

4. What happens when Renee goes to the cleaners to retrieve the beige dress?

5. Why is Manuela happy about the new tenant?

6. What does Renee think is wrong with Columbe's thesis and why?

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

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

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

10. What do Renee and Manuela discuss concerning Renee's upcoming dinner date?

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