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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. Why does Paloma think is interesting regarding Maître Arthens?
(a) That he never said a kind word to anyone.
(b) That he had a priest come to his death bed.
(c) That his two children turned out to be such good people.
(d) That news of his death causes such excitement throughout the building.

2. What do Renee's clients have in common?
(a) They are exceptionally wealthy.
(b) They are French.
(c) They are handicapped.
(d) They are elderly.

3. What is the significance of building number 7 at rue de Grenelle?
(a) Where all the intelligentsia gather.
(b) Where Renee lives.
(c) Where Renee once witnessed a murder.
(d) Where Renee works.

4. What does Pierre ask of Renee?
(a) For her to run down the street for him.
(b) For her to show him how to cook eggs.
(c) For her to put a boot cleaner in the lobby.
(d) For her to bring him a package when it's delivered.

5. What breed is Athena?
(a) Yorkie.
(b) Westie.
(c) Cocker spaniel.
(d) Poodle.

Short Answer Questions

1. With what country is Paloma fascinated?

2. What does Paloma decide to do before she dies?

3. What follows on the heels of the statement that Paloma thinks is totally wrong?

4. How is Neptune described?

5. Why does Paloma decide not to use a Japanese tradition on her next birthday to obtain her aims?

Short Essay Questions

1. What filmmaker has Renee recently been introduced to and which film does she like of his and why?

2. What is Renee's educational background and who fostered her desire to learn?

3. What does Paloma hear at a dinner party and what does it make her think?

4. Who stops to ask Renee something when she and Manuela are talking and what is Renee's feelings about it?

5. What note does Renee receive and what astounds her about the note?

6. What image does Renee have of concierges, and why was it easier for her to keep up her charade of the unintelligent concierge when her husband was alive?

7. What way did Paloma consider suicide and what why does she finally settle upon in her mind?

8. What does Renee remember about Arthens' son?

9. Where does Renee work; how long has she worked there, and what are her clients like?

10. How does Madame de Broglie injure her ankle?

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