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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. About what is Manuela joyful?
(a) Seeing Renee happy.
(b) Planning a trip to Portugal.
(c) Getting a visa to go home.
(d) Quitting her job with Madame Pallieres.

2. What does Renee tell Columbe?
(a) That she should call the police.
(b) To call the concierge that is on duty.
(c) That the concierge's loge is not open until 8.
(d) That a phone call is as bad as Colombe coming to the door and knocking.

3. What wakes Renee early the next morning?
(a) A crash.
(b) A knock on her door.
(c) A scream.
(d) A phone call.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens in Chapter 16?

2. What does Renee find not up to her standards?

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

4. What surprises Renee about Kakuro's last name?

5. What overwhelms Paloma?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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