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

2. What does Renee think to herself about her interest in painting?
(a) She wishes she could afford even reproductions of good art.
(b) She wishes she could paint.
(c) She wishes she were more up on modern artists.
(d) She should dumb that down also.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Why is Renee embarrassed?

4. What does Renee find refreshing about rumors of Kakuro's apartment?

5. What disturbs Paloma about the therapist?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Kakuro send Renee and what does she do?

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

3. What does Renee do when a package comes for Columbe?

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. What does Paul Nguyen tell Renee when he comes to her door and what is Renee's response?

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