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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Brett do to Justine which upset M to the point of yelling at Brett?
(a) She called her fat.
(b) She pulled her smock over her head.
(c) She cut her hair.
(d) She stole her boyfriend.

2. Why did M spend extra time fixing up the living room the evening they gathered as a group?
(a) It was Tony's birthday.
(b) Kurt and Justine were going to announce their engagement.
(c) In case L came.
(d) It was Justine's birthday.

3. What does Kurt begin wearing after announcing his new career path?
(a) A dirty t-shirt, jeans and a tool belt.
(b) A sailor suit.
(c) A Hawaiian shirt and shorts.
(d) A long, black velvet coat and red beret.

4. What biblical scene was Brett and L painting on the wall of the second place?
(a) The crucifixion.
(b) The Last Supper.
(c) The Nativity.
(d) Garden of Eden.

5. What did M learn about Justine's time with her father?
(a) He was often neglectful.
(b) He had a girlfriend whom she called Mom.
(c) He told Justine her mother had died.
(d) Justine felt it was the best time of her life.

6. What did L tell M he and Brett called her ladder-back chair in the second place?
(a) The dunce chair.
(b) The electric chair.
(c) The calm chair.
(d) The naughty chair.

7. What surprised M about L's portrait of Tony?
(a) Tony was feminine.
(b) Tony was ugly.
(c) Tony was very tiny in it.
(d) Tony was far more handsome.

8. What did M choose to wear for her sitting with L?
(a) A smock.
(b) Jeans and tight-fitting t-shirt.
(c) A three piece suit.
(d) Her wedding dress.

9. What does M refer to as "all so many stabs in the dark" (69)?
(a) Trying to raise a decent human.
(b) Trying to make ends meet.
(c) Trying to make a marriage work.
(d) Trying to predict how your child will turn out.

10. How long did it take for Kurt to finish reading his manuscript?
(a) 2 hours.
(b) 8 minutes.
(c) 4 hours.
(d) 25 minutes.

11. How did M feel when Tony, Justine, and Kurt seemed suspicious at her excitement when L agreed to paint her?
(a) She thought they were jealous.
(b) She thought they were afraid she would have an affair with L.
(c) She felt nobody wanted her to be happy.
(d) She thought they just did not understand.

12. What was Tony doing after M ran back from the second home after seeing the painting L and Brett were making?
(a) Driving away.
(b) Laughing at M.
(c) Running toward M.
(d) Holding his arms out to hug her.

13. What were L's earliest subjects when he was learning to draw?
(a) His aunt and uncle.
(b) His parents.
(c) Dead animals.
(d) Insects.

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

15. What did M find L's interest in going to Paris reminded her of?
(a) The writer she met there.
(b) Her darkest years.
(c) Falling in love with Tony.
(d) The freedom she lacked.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did L finally agree to do after M told him more about her past?

2. What nickname, which M found offensive, did Brett use with Justine?

3. Who was Candy?

4. How much of Justine's young life was M unable to care for her?

5. What did Candy ask L to do in her letter to him while he was in the second place?

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