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

2. What did Tony wear to the harbor town when picking up L?
(a) A three piece suit.
(b) A tuxedo and bowtie.
(c) Shorts and a T-Shirt.
(d) A sweatsuit and baseball cap.

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

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

5. Who is Brett?
(a) Justine's college roommate.
(b) Justine's boyfriend.
(c) L's female companion.
(d) L's daughter.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does M tell L made her feel “dowdy and ugly, like a consolation prize” (57)?

2. What does the narrator say she has wanted to be her whole life, but has never succeeded?

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

4. What type of painting by L was the narrator drawn to that morning in Paris?

5. What did M's psychoanalyst do which she found offensive and so she stopped seeing him?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Where was L when M first wrote to him? What did he say about the idea of being alone? Where did he say he felt most alone and free?

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

4. What do readers learn of L's backstory in the fourth chapter?

5. What did the narrator tell L about his artwork's impact on her life when she invited him to stay in the second place?

6. How did Kurt help M when trying to explain what Justine and Kurt needed to move into the main house so L could stay in the second place?

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

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

9. What did Tony find after clearing the adjacent land he bought near the marsh? What did he do there?

10. What does the narrator say her first experience with L coincided with? What did she think L's visit would do in terms of her recovery?

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