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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 think was in the picture that fell out of Justine's purse?
(a) Justine and L.
(b) Justine and M.
(c) Justine and her father.
(d) Justine and Tony.

2. 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 felt nobody wanted her to be happy.
(c) She thought they just did not understand.
(d) She thought they were afraid she would have an affair with L.

3. What did L's father do when he was young to keep him near him and away from his mother?
(a) Have him work with him.
(b) Tie him to a tree nearby.
(c) Give him drawing materials.
(d) Read him books.

4. What did M's ex call her when he picked Justine up from school one day?
(a) That miserable hag.
(b) That terrible woman.
(c) That lost soul.
(d) That sad excuse for a mother.

5. What does M assure L the sound he heard was, which was no cause for worry?
(a) Local children playing tricks on him.
(b) Gas guns farmers use to keep birds off their crops.
(c) Tony and his friends workin.
(d) Justine being silly.

Short Answer Questions

1. How was Brett dressed the evening they all gathered in the living room of the main house?

2. What did M realize about the mural Brett and L were making on the walls of the second place?

3. What was M doing by the water when L approached her wearing rolled up trousers?

4. How old was Brett when she stayed at the second place?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Where would M watch her daughter when she was young and M was unable to see her? What did her husband do and say when he spotted M? What did M do not long after that day?

2. How did Justine's relationship with Brett change her?

3. What did Kurt tell M about L the day after his reading? What advice did L give to Kurt regarding Justine? What did Kurt warn M that L had said to him?

4. How does L describe his mother to M when she goes to the second place to deliver his package?

5. What were Brett and L doing when M approached the second place for her portrait sitting? Why did M think they were mocking her?

6. Describe the interaction between M and Brett after Brett pulled Justine's smock over her head?

7. How old was Justine when M returned from Paris when her marriage ended? Why did M not see her daughter for a year?

8. Why did the family gather in the living room one night while M fixed it up extra nice in case L joined them?

9. Describe Kurt's reading in the living room at the main house. What did L say about it when he was finished?

10. Why does M find it interesting that Kurt is able to speak so freely with L?

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