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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. How many minutes of scales does the teacher make the child do as punishment?

2. Who cries at the end of Chapter 6?

3. What is described as smothered in an orange-shrouded coffin?

4. Where does Anne tell Chauvin she will be taking her child on vacation?

5. What is the first thing that Chauvin comments to Anne when she arrives at the cafe in Chapter 8?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How does the teacher respond to Anne after she says that to improve his piano playing her child just needs to apply himself more?

5. What causes the child to play his scales properly during his music lesson in Chapter 5?

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

7. Describe Anne's appearance at her dinner party.

8. How is the weather described at the beginning of Chapter 8?

9. Why does Anne make her child repeat moderately and melodiously at the beginning of Chapter 5?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the significance in the use of reality in the often fantasy driven conversations between Anne and Chauvin. In what ways was this reality used to foreshadow the future of their relationship?

Essay Topic 2

Analyze the use of interruptions by outside scenery (such as boats, noises, etc.) during the conversations between Anne and Chauvin. What role do these interruptions play in the formation of their relationship?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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