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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 36 - 68.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does M tell L made her feel “dowdy and ugly, like a consolation prize” (57)?
(a) Her husband's lack of interest.
(b) His girlfriend.
(c) His gratitude.
(d) His apathy in her presence.

2. What did L ask M when he wrote that he was staying in Rio de Janeiro?
(a) If she knew anyone in the area.
(b) If she could get him out of there.
(c) If she would join him.
(d) If she had ever been there.

3. What does L tell M he always feel the need to escape during their first conversation after he arrived at the second place?
(a) Women.
(b) His own mind.
(c) Society.
(d) Fame.

4. How many children does the narrator tell Jeffers she had when she went to Paris?
(a) 3.
(b) 1.
(c) 2.
(d) 4.

5. What type of vehicle does Tony drive?
(a) A minivan.
(b) A pick-up truck.
(c) A corvette.
(d) A jeep.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did M once see a musician who was staying in the second place to record bird songs doing?

2. What did Tony discover when clearing the land near their house after he purchased it?

3. Where else in the world did the narrator get the same feeling she had when looking at L's paintings?

4. What did Tony want in the second place, which M did not?

5. How are the people with whom L lived while his father died described?

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