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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. What does the man tell Anne is in bloom in her garden?
(a) An orange tree.
(b) A magnolia tree.
(c) A rose bush.
(d) A rosemary bush.

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

3. After hearing the noise outside the window during the music lesson in Chapter 1, which character insists that no one investigate and the lesson continue?
(a) Anne.
(b) The teacher.
(c) The child.
(d) No one.

4. What noise is heard outside the window of the teacher during the music lesson?
(a) A man's scream.
(b) A woman yelling.
(c) A woman's scream.
(d) A man yelling.

5. What does the child question Anne about that she refuses to answer?
(a) Why they are at the bar.
(b) When they are leaving.
(c) Who the man is.
(d) The source of the scream.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do Anne and her child go to after they leave the teacher's neighborhood in Chapter 1?

2. What does Anne lecture the child about at the end of Chapter 1?

3. What does the teacher use to strike the instrument at the beginning of Chapter 1?

4. What road do Anne and the child walk along at the beginning of Chapter 2?

5. At the end of Chapter 1, who is standing with Anne's child when she returns from the scene in the cafe?

Short Essay Questions

1. In the first chapter, what does Anne do just after the music lesson ends and they leave the teacher's apartment?

2. Describe how the man at the bar acts as more people enter the cafe after the workday has ended.

3. How does Anne describe her bedroom window to the man in Chapter 3?

4. Describe what Anne, the child, and the teacher see when they look outside the window to investigate the source of the scream.

5. How is the weather described at the beginning of Chapter 4?

6. Describe the interaction between the man at the bar and the patronne just after Anne leaves in Chapter 2.

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

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

9. What does Anne tell Chauvin regarding the beech tree near her bedroom window?

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

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