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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 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 the same as another Japanese man she knows.
(c) It is German.
(d) It is not Japanese.

2. How does Kakuro respond when Renee quotes from the book?
(a) He frowns at her audacity.
(b) He laughs.
(c) He finishes the quote.
(d) He tells her she has misquoted.

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

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

5. Why does Renee invite Paloma into her apartment?
(a) Paloma seemed to need to talk.
(b) She does not want to shut the door in Paloma's face.
(c) Renee is lonely.
(d) Paloma has a book in her hand Renee loves.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Manuela say about Renee's looks when Renee dons her borrowed dress?

2. What does Jacinthe Rosen do for Renee?

3. What do Renee and Kakuro discuss before he shows her his kitchen?

4. What does a courier deliver to Renee?

5. What is Renee thinking about when someone knocks on her door?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Why is Manuela happy about the new tenant?

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

6. What does Paloma find interesting about the new tenant as concerns her mother?

7. What does Paloma feel and think when she hears her school choir singing?

8. What fight does Paloma describe between her mother and another woman?

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

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

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