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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the author of Second Place?
(a) Rachel Champagne.
(b) Rachel Cusack.
(c) Rachel Cusk.
(d) Rachel Chaplain.

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

3. What does the narrator say she has wanted to be her whole life, but has never succeeded?
(a) Creative.
(b) Free.
(c) Beautiful.
(d) Driven.

4. What did Tony discover when clearing the land near their house after he purchased it?
(a) A safe filled with gold.
(b) A suitcase of L's paintings.
(c) A decaying cottage.
(d) A old graveyard.

5. What did Tony fail to do, which sometimes made M feel invisible?
(a) Tell her she was beautiful.
(b) Ask how her day was.
(c) Hug her.
(d) Criticize.

6. To whom is the narrator speaking in Second Place?
(a) Jeffers.
(b) Jasper.
(c) Jenson.
(d) Jackson.

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

8. What word does the narrator use to describe the writer with whom she spent her last night in Paris?
(a) Earnest.
(b) Eccentric.
(c) Egotist.
(d) Environmentalist.

9. Which style of painting most spoke to the narrator as she walked through his gallery in Paris?
(a) Landscapes.
(b) Modernist.
(c) Portraits.
(d) Surrealist.

10. What did M think Brett was imaging as she stared at her and Tony when they first met?
(a) M and Tony having sex.
(b) Running away.
(c) Stealing their money.
(d) Making love to Tony.

11. What was the only request Tony made regarding M's appearance?
(a) She dressed very modestly.
(b) She wore red lipstick.
(c) She did not cut or dye her hair.
(d) She wore short skirts.

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

13. With whom did L live while his father was dying?
(a) Foster parents.
(b) His older sister and her husband.
(c) His older brother.
(d) His aunt and uncle.

14. Why did the narrator write a letter to L in the second section?
(a) To ask him to teach her to paint.
(b) To ask him to do an exhibit in her town.
(c) To invite him to stay at her place.
(d) To tell him what a fan of his she was.

15. What did Tony want in the second place, which M did not?
(a) Beds.
(b) Doors.
(c) Windows.
(d) Curtains.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was M when L came to the marsh?

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

3. What type of business did L's family own?

4. Where does L say he has never felt "freer and more alone" (19)?

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

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