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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 109 - 142.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did M say before L jumped on the table and asked, "Shall we have fun?" (107)?
(a) She came down there for a good time.
(b) Life with Tony was the pits.
(c) She had never had enough fun in life.
(d) She found L attractive.

2. Who does the narrator say she meant on a train at the start of the novel, which made the following years difficult?
(a) A thief.
(b) Her father.
(c) The devil.
(d) Her first husband.

3. What did Tony yell to M as she ran to the second place to have her portrait painted?
(a) Come back!
(b) Don't come back!
(c) Good luck!
(d) Behave!

4. What did Tony and M do to prepare the second place for L's arrivals the first time he said he would come?
(a) Repainted the walls and waxed the floors.
(b) Stocked the fridge with his favorite foods.
(c) Updated the plumbing.
(d) Filled the place with paints and canvases.

5. What did L tell M he found "obscene" (19) in his first letter to her?
(a) The way women dressed these days.
(b) The amount of money he was making.
(c) The traffic in Boston.
(d) The pollution in L.A.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does M assure L the sound he heard was, which was no cause for worry?

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

3. What surprised M about L's portrait of Tony?

4. How did Tony's parents die?

5. Which relative of Brett's aided in she and L's arrival in the harbor town?

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