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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 8, who comments that it's a nice day?

2. Who comments that the child has been working on his sonatina for a month?

3. What does the book say had lasted longer than anyone had hoped at the beginning of Chapter 8?

4. What is the child humming when he comes into the cafe at the end of Chapter 6?

5. After leaving the beach, Chauvin approaches what part of Anne's home?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Anne tell Chauvin about the women who lived behind the beech tree?

2. What do Anne and Chauvin talk about regarding the child when they first sit down in the cafe in Chapter 6?

3. What does Anne do with the magnolia on her dress during the dinner party?

4. What does Anne say to Chauvin about her getting sick from wine the night before?

5. Why does the teacher to tell Anne that she will no longer be able to give the child piano lessons?

6. How is the preparation of the salmon described in Chapter 7?

7. What does the patronne say about the child's sonatina when she hears it playing in the cafe?

8. What happens when the teacher makes the child play scales as punishment in Chapter 5?

9. How does Chauvin describe the flower on Anne's dress to her in Chapter 6?

10. What does Chauvin do outside Anne's house during the dinner party.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the author's method of blurring time and space in many chapters of the book. What was the purpose of this method? What did it help to accomplish in terms of character development?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the relationship between Anne and the child. What is the nature of this relationship? Is this a healthy relationship? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the author's portrayal of the child in the book. What reasons can be given for not giving the child a name? What role does the child play to the book's overall theme?

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