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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. Who invites Anne to sit with him/her after she enters the cafe in Chapter 3?
(a) The patronne.
(b) The man from the day before.
(c) The teacher.
(d) A female customer.

2. What does the teacher use to strike the instrument at the beginning of Chapter 1?
(a) Her hand.
(b) A pencil.
(c) A stick.
(d) A ruler.

3. What is the name of the child's teacher?
(a) Mademoiselle Giraud.
(b) Mademoiselle Chauvin.
(c) Madame Giraud.
(d) Madame Chauvin.

4. What kind of problems does Anne suggest the dead woman might have had?
(a) Pathological.
(b) Neurological.
(c) Emotional.
(d) Stress related.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following does the patronne not say about the dead woman?

2. What or whom announces the end of the workday in Chapter 2?

3. What gesture does the man make towards Anne near the end of their conversation in Chapter 3?

4. When does Anne say she goes to the railings at her home?

5. How many years ago did Anne get married?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Anne and Chauvin react towards one another when she first enters the cafe in Chapter 4?

2. How does Anne react toward the teacher when her child misbehaves in the first music lesson?

3. What does Anne say about the wind in Chapter 4?

4. Describe the patronne's reaction toward the man and Anne's talking to one another.

5. Describe the patronne's reaction when Anne and the man at the bar begin talking again in Chapter 3.

6. How does the man describe Anne as she looked at the factory worker's reception the previous year?

7. Describe the interaction between the child and the teacher in Chapter 1.

8. How does the man at the bar react toward Anne when she repeats his theories of the murder at the end of Chapter 2?

9. Describe what can be seen outside the teacher's apartment.

10. Describe what the dead woman's husband does just before he is taken off in the police van.

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