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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Arnaud shows Fiona the photographs he had taken, which person does she recognize?
(a) Charlie.
(b) Richard.
(c) Kurt.
(d) Claire.

2. Who is Kurt within the story?
(a) The lover of Fiona's daughter.
(b) Fiona's uncle.
(c) The father of Fiona's daughter.
(d) Fiona's great-uncle.

3. What object does the person in Fiona's dream reveal?
(a) A pair of legwarmers.
(b) A hat.
(c) A scarf.
(d) A pair of mittens.

4. Besides Fiona, who was the only other member of Nico's family to embrace him throughout his life?
(a) Nico's grandfather.
(b) Nico's mother.
(c) Nico's great-aunt Nora.
(d) Nico's great-uncle Roger.

5. Who is Arnaud within the narrative?
(a) Fiona's gardener.
(b) Fiona's uncle.
(c) Fiona's brother-in-law.
(d) A private investigator.

6. The private investigator finds a family with what last name living in Paris?
(a) Helmer.
(b) Smith.
(c) Pearce.
(d) Rogers.

7. For what purpose are most of Nico's family members congregating at the start of the novel?
(a) To go on vacation.
(b) For Nico's funeral.
(c) For a housewarming party.
(d) For a birthday party.

8. Charlie's staff tell him that who has tested positive for HIV?
(a) Yale.
(b) Roman.
(c) Nico.
(d) Julian.

9. To whom had the object in Fiona's dream belonged in real life?
(a) Nora.
(b) Jake.
(c) Nico.
(d) Charlie.

10. From whom does Fiona think her daughter Claire inherited her talents?
(a) Nora.
(b) Richard.
(c) Fiona.
(d) Nico.

11. Yale works at an art gallery that is attached to which institution?
(a) Yale.
(b) Brown.
(c) Harvard.
(d) Northwestern.

12. How are Nico and Fiona related?
(a) Siblings.
(b) Niece and uncle.
(c) Aunt and nephew.
(d) Cousins.

13. Who manages to get Yale into the bathroom so that he can try to tell him something?
(a) Julian.
(b) Richard.
(c) Terrence.
(d) Charlie.

14. Fiona discovers that which of her friends will soon have a new gallery exhibition opening?
(a) Terrence.
(b) Julian.
(c) Yale.
(d) Richard.

15. The person considering a house purchase in 1985 plans to live there with what other person?
(a) Fiona.
(b) Nora.
(c) Charlie.
(d) Yale.

Short Answer Questions

1. Fiona describes the upstairs of Richard's house using what term?

2. Sketches by which artist are the pieces that Nora most wants to donate to the Briggs Gallery?

3. Who had been the first real friend Yale had made after moving?

4. Every time Nico introduced Fiona to someone new, he had said, "This is the lady who" (3) what?

5. When the story jumps to 2015, Fiona is on a plane bound for what location?

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