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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does the narrator say nothing as she watches an old man fondle a little girl on the train?
(a) The man threatened her.
(b) She hoped someone else would.
(c) She had lost her voice.
(d) She did not care.

2. Where was Justine working before coming to the second place?
(a) Paris.
(b) Berlin.
(c) Rome.
(d) New York.

3. Who was staying in the second place when L wrote announcing that he would finally go there?
(a) Tony.
(b) M.
(c) Jeffers.
(d) Justine and Kurt.

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

5. What does the narrator say she learned from a young age would have made her life easier?
(a) Being rich.
(b) Being male.
(c) Being well-educated.
(d) Being free.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long before she wrote to L did the narrator first see his artwork?

2. How old was L when he first became famous?

3. What did L ask M when he wrote that he was staying in Rio de Janeiro?

4. What does M tell L made her feel “dowdy and ugly, like a consolation prize” (57)?

5. How many children does the narrator tell Jeffers she had when she went to Paris?

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