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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After talking with Tony, what did M realize about her desire for Justine to marry Kurt?
(a) She felt it was the safest option.
(b) She wanted someone else to have to care for Justine.
(c) She was dying to be a grandmother.
(d) She really loved Kurt.

2. How did M sometimes feel when Tony asked Kurt to help him with work?
(a) She felt relieved he was not asking her.
(b) She felt glad Kurt could take some of the burden off Tony.
(c) She wanted to protest.
(d) She felt please her daughter had found such a masculine boyfriend.

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

4. What did L sometimes say to Brett regarding his foul moods?
(a) He was going to kill himself.
(b) She had to deal with it.
(c) He was expressing his creativity.
(d) He was going through the change.

5. What did L finally agree to do after M told him more about her past?
(a) Send Brett home.
(b) Leave the second place.
(c) Convince Kurt to leave.
(d) Paint her portrait.

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

7. Aside from her books, how did M make a large sum of money?
(a) Her etchings.
(b) Selling real estate.
(c) A series of small businesses.
(d) Her ex-husband's stocks.

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

9. What did Brett ask M in regards to her relationship with L?
(a) If he was Justine's father.
(b) If she had had an affair with him.
(c) If she was in love with him.
(d) If she knew him before their visit.

10. What part of the main house did M offer to Kurt to pursue his new career?
(a) The living room.
(b) The basement.
(c) The bathroom.
(d) Her study.

11. Who was the only person who appeared to listen to Kurt as he read his manuscript?
(a) Tony.
(b) L.
(c) M.
(d) Brett.

12. What did Tony do often when he and M first met?
(a) Write her letters.
(b) Write her songs.
(c) Paint her pictures.
(d) Buy her jewelry.

13. What happened not long after M returned from Paris?
(a) She became pregnant.
(b) She got severely ill.
(c) She published her first novel.
(d) Her marriage ended.

14. Who did L suspect gave his father the bruises he often saw on him when he was dying?
(a) The nurses.
(b) His mother.
(c) His uncle.
(d) His brothers.

15. What did L tell M she played at being?
(a) A woman.
(b) An artist.
(c) A mother.
(d) A caring person.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Justine tell M Brett did while she put herself through medical school?

2. What phrase did L use to describe M's novels?

3. How did Justine change her physical appearance after spending more time with Brett?

4. What did Kurt confess to M regarding his attempt at becoming a writer?

5. Who did L say was a “fat and coarse” woman who he found “physically loathsome” (102)?

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