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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. Where did Fern meet Tony?
(a) Paris.
(b) Germany.
(c) Greece.
(d) Rome.

2. What was the name of the woman Fenno met at Tony's exhibition in Paris in Chapter 12?
(a) Marie-Ange.
(b) Lucille.
(c) Bernadette.
(d) Adele.

3. Where did Mal's mother and father spend time in Scotland before their children were born?
(a) Edinburgh.
(b) Renfrew.
(c) Bathgate.
(d) Glasgow.

4. In Chapter 13, how many years have passed since Mal died and Fenno goes home for his father's funeral?
(a) Three years.
(b) Four years.
(c) Five years.
(d) Six years.

5. In Chapter 14, where has Stavros spent the last three months?
(a) Italy.
(b) Spain.
(c) Greece.
(d) France.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who in Tony's family was blind?

2. At the beginning of Chapter 13, how long did visitors usually stay who came to see Mal?

3. What island did Fenno say that he and Mal might visit when he went home in Chapter 9?

4. What bird was on the T-shirts Ralph bought for the bookstore?

5. What food does Tony keep in his apartment in the city?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Tony leave a place that he has borrowed?

2. What did Mal spend his time doing at the beginning of Chapter 13?

3. In the more than ten years that Fern has known Tony, where has he lived?

4. What does Fenno find in the attic in Chapter 12?

5. What happened to Mal in Chapter 12 when Fenno went to Paris?

6. Why did Mal retire?

7. Why has Fenno come to the house where Tony and Fern are staying in Chapter 15?

8. In Chapter 11, why did Tony not let Fenno know that he was leaving?

9. What photos does Lucinda show after dinner in Chapter 9 and what is her relationship to the people in the photos?

10. What does Tony serve Fern for dinner in Chapter 14?

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