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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who says, "it would have been impossible for me not to come back"?
(a) Anne.
(b) The man.
(c) The teacher.
(d) The child.

2. What does Anne tell her child she will buy for him at the end of Chapter 3?
(a) An airplane.
(b) A red motorboat.
(c) A truck.
(d) A blue tugboat.

3. What reason does Anne tell the man she closes her window at night?
(a) It is hot.
(b) It is cold.
(c) The scent of magnolia is overpowering.
(d) She likes it closed.

4. What type of animal does the child observe at the beginning of Chapter 3?
(a) A bird.
(b) A cat.
(c) A dog.
(d) A rabbit.

5. What object does the patronne watch outside the cafe after Anne and the man sit at a table in Chapter 3?
(a) An airplane.
(b) A sailboat.
(c) A car.
(d) A tugboat.

6. What is coming from the person's mouth whom Anne sees in the cafe just after the music lesson ends in Chapter 1?
(a) A tooth.
(b) Blood.
(c) Spit.
(d) Foam.

7. What type of flower does the man tell Anne was between her breasts at the factory worker's party the previous year?
(a) A magnolia.
(b) A violet.
(c) A carnation.
(d) A rose.

8. In Chapter 3, what does the child play with while Anne is in the cafe?
(a) A boat.
(b) A dog.
(c) Another child.
(d) The teacher.

9. What does Anne tell her child at the end of Chapter 2?
(a) That he is sweet.
(b) That he must behave.
(c) That she thinks she invented him.
(d) That he is smart.

10. When does the patronne tell the man that Anne and the child come there for music lessons?
(a) Every other Wednesday.
(b) Every other Tuesday.
(c) Every Friday.
(d) Every Saturday.

11. Who eventually stops the music lesson to investigate the source of the loud noise outside heard in Chapter 1?
(a) No one.
(b) The child.
(c) The teacher.
(d) Anne.

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

13. What type of tree does the man describe as one of the most beautiful in Anne's garden?
(a) Beech.
(b) Dogwood.
(c) Oak.
(d) Sycamore.

14. Who says, "I told you the last time, I told you the time before that, I've told you a hundred times"?
(a) The man.
(b) The child.
(c) The teacher.
(d) Anne.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who says, "I suspect that he would have done it of his own accord one day"?

2. What is described as "bouncing up and down" on the child's back at the beginning of Chapter 3?

3. Who says, "do you think that it's possible for anyone to reach such a state except through despair"?

4. What does Anne do at the bar that finally prompts the man to approach her in Chapter 4?

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

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