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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 happens in Chapter 16?
(a) Renee finds a kitten.
(b) The summer drought continues.
(c) The summer rains begin.
(d) Paloma continues her suicide preparations.

2. What color is the dress Manuela borrows for Renee?
(a) Soft rose.
(b) Light blue.
(c) Beige.
(d) Red.

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

4. From what book does Renee quote after meeting Kakuro?
(a) War and Peace.
(b) Ulysses.
(c) Hunt for Red October.
(d) Anna Karenina.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What fascinates Renee about Kakuro?

2. How does Kakuro respond when Renee quotes from the book?

3. What does Renee thinks offers more continuity in a house than conventional doors?

4. Why does Paloma's mother take her to a therapist?

5. Who joins Renee and Manuela for tea?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. What does Renee think of Kakuro's bathroom and what surprises her about it?

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

10. Why is Manuela happy about the new tenant?

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