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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Anne do at the bar that finally prompts the man to approach her in Chapter 4?
(a) Orders more wine.
(b) Orders beer.
(c) Orders food.
(d) Orders tea.

2. Which of the following does the patronne not say about the dead woman?
(a) She was pretty.
(b) She drank.
(c) She had three children.
(d) She was married.

3. Who says, "I'm not used to going so far away from home"?
(a) Anne.
(b) The man.
(c) The patronne.
(d) The child.

4. What kind of birds does Anne say are everywhere and can be found dead after a storm?
(a) Crows.
(b) Seagulls.
(c) Pelicans.
(d) Bluebirds.

5. Why can't Anne walk home fast enough for her child at the end of Chapter 4?
(a) She is too drunk.
(b) She is too full of food.
(c) She is tired.
(d) She doesn't want to go back.

6. What gesture does the man make towards Anne near the end of their conversation in Chapter 3?
(a) Shakes her hand.
(b) Puts his hand near hers.
(c) Holds her hand.
(d) Hugs her.

7. After the music lesson ends in Chapter 1, who does Anne see when she enters the cafe below the teacher's apartment?
(a) A hurt woman.
(b) A dead woman.
(c) A dead man.
(d) A hurt man.

8. To what does Anne compare the dead woman's scream when discussing the death with the man?
(a) A banshee.
(b) Her child's.
(c) The teacher's.
(d) Her own during childbirth.

9. What does Anne tell the man she wishes of her child?
(a) That he had better manners.
(b) That he were smarter.
(c) That he was already grown.
(d) That he was a baby.

10. What time does the workday end?
(a) 5:30.
(b) 7 o'clock.
(c) 6 o'clock.
(d) 5 o'clock.

11. Over the course of his and Anne's conversation in Chapter 4, what does the man grow concerned about?
(a) His own appearance.
(b) The wine.
(c) The time.
(d) The child.

12. Who says, "do you think that it's possible for anyone to reach such a state except through despair"?
(a) Anne.
(b) The man.
(c) The patronne.
(d) The child.

13. How many years ago did Anne get married?
(a) 20.
(b) 11.
(c) 10.
(d) 5.

14. Who leads Anne home from the cafe in Chapter 4?
(a) The patronne.
(b) The teacher.
(c) The man.
(d) The child.

15. Whom does the child say did not make the noise in the cafe?
(a) Anne.
(b) The teacher.
(c) The patronne.
(d) The dead woman's husband.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do Anne and the child go to when they leave their affluent part of town at the beginning of Chapter 3?

2. What does Anne say "never fails" and "always comes back"?

3. Who says, "it would have been impossible for me not to come back"?

4. Who first brings up the murdered woman and her husband in Chapter 4?

5. To whom does Anne say, "I suppose you're surprised to see me"?

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