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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who did M send to L and Brett to get a list of items they might need from the nearest town?
(a) Tony.
(b) Tony's friends.
(c) Justine and Kurt.
(d) Jeffers.

2. Which of L's relatives threatened his life in some way forcing him to run away from home when he was a teen?
(a) His aunt and uncle.
(b) His mother.
(c) His father.
(d) His older siblings.

3. How did Brett and L arrive in the harbor town?
(a) Private jet.
(b) Boat.
(c) Cadillac.
(d) Limosine.

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

5. Which relative of Brett's aided in she and L's arrival in the harbor town?
(a) Her wealthy uncle.
(b) Her millionaire mother.
(c) Her billionaire cousin.
(d) Her rich father.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Justine working before coming to the second place?

2. What does the narrator say she learned from a young age would have made her life easier?

3. What is one example the narrator cites as moments when things do not turn out as planned?

4. What did L ask M when he wrote that he was staying in Rio de Janeiro?

5. What did L tell M he found "obscene" (19) in his first letter to her?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is the narrator speaking to at the start of the novel? What does she say happened while on a train in Paris?

2. Describe L and M's first interaction the morning after he arrived at the second place. How did she feel about him? How did he make her feel?

3. Where did M and Tony pick up L? What did Justine and Kurt do while they were away?

4. In what ways did L and Tony's early experiences with death manifest differently in each man?

5. What does the narrator feel L's painting emanated when she first saw them that morning in Paris, which compelled her to follow it to the art gallery?

6. What did Tony and M do to prepare the second place for L's arrival?

7. What did the narrator do on her final night in Paris and with whom?

8. What does Tony say to M when she gets angry with him after L says he is not staying with them?

9. How is M's hair described at the time of L's visit? Why did she keep it that way?

10. What is M's impression of Brett when she first meets her?

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