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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 1-35.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does M call the cabin on her and her husband's property?
(a) The tiny house.
(b) The artist's residence.
(c) The second place.
(d) The other place.

2. Who told M they had started willing L to come stay in the second place after L finally agreed to come?
(a) Tony.
(b) Kurt.
(c) Justine.
(d) Jeffers.

3. What was the narrator doing in Paris when she noticed a sign with a painting by L?
(a) Having wine with a man.
(b) Drinking espresso in a cafe.
(c) Heading to meet a friend for dinner.
(d) Searching for something to eat.

4. What does the narrator say Tony "does not show weakness of" (22)?
(a) Charity.
(b) Pride.
(c) Neglect.
(d) Spirit.

5. What type of painting by L was the narrator drawn to that morning in Paris?
(a) Landscape.
(b) Self-portrait.
(c) Still life.
(d) Abstract.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator say she has wanted to be her whole life, but has never succeeded?

2. Who is the author of Second Place?

3. Who did the narrator meet during her darkest years who helped improve her life?

4. Who was staying in the second place when L wrote announcing that he would finally go there?

5. Who does the narrator say appears to be free, which "doesn't look like much" (8)?

(see the answer key)

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