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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 surprised M when she went to the second place to bring L a package that had arrived for him?
(a) L was dead.
(b) They took her curtains down.
(c) They trashed the place.
(d) They repainted the walls.

2. Why did L tell M he was finished with his portrait phase?
(a) He did not like painting portraits.
(b) He had painted everyone there.
(c) He was no good at painting portraits.
(d) He did not like spending that much time with any one person.

3. Where did L say he was staying instead of going to the second place?
(a) His New York studio.
(b) An island.
(c) A cabin in the woods.
(d) Paris.

4. What did M think was a "pointless squandering of [Justine's] femininity" (71)?
(a) The fact that she never really dated.
(b) The plain way she dressed.
(c) Her time spent with Kurt.
(d) Her lack of lipstick or eye makeup.

5. In Candy's letter, why does she say she had been thinking of L and their time in California?
(a) She read an article about L.
(b) She came across an old photo album.
(c) Her daughter is the same age Candy was then.
(d) Her marriage is falling apart.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Kurt tell M that L had said he wanted to do to her?

2. Who was the only one of the group who did not sing along with Justine as she sang and played her guitar?

3. Who does the narrator say she meant on a train at the start of the novel, which made the following years difficult?

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

5. Why does the narrator say nothing as she watches an old man fondle a little girl on the train?

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