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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of women does Madame Desforges say that Mouret's store cannot dress?
(a) Handicapped.
(b) Elderly.
(c) Distinguished.
(d) Creative.

2. What is Madame Guibal doing in the reading room?
(a) Waiting for Monsieur de Boves.
(b) Taking a nap.
(c) Having tea.
(d) Flipping through magazines.

3. Which of the following best describes Mouret's feelings about the rumors of Denise?
(a) Amused.
(b) Disinterested.
(c) Noncommital.
(d) Jealous.

4. What goal has Mouret met at the beginning of Chapter 12?
(a) His store has a fleet of 50 delivery vans.
(b) His store has the largest silk inventory in France.
(c) His expansion plan is approved.
(d) Denise has agreed to marry him.

5. Why is Mouret in such despair?
(a) The store is in bankruptcy.
(b) Denise still refuses his invitations.
(c) His mother has died.
(d) His wife has asked for a divorce.

6. Which of the following does Madame Baudu NOT attribute to Genevieve's declining health?
(a) She stays out late drinking with friends.
(b) Spending so much time in a dark shop is not healthy.
(c) She is depressed about the delay in her marriage to Colomban.
(d) She has inherited Madame Baudu's physical weakness.

7. Why has Mouret remained a bachelor for so long?
(a) He has not found the right woman.
(b) He thinks it is the key to his success.
(c) He is not interested in women.
(d) He cannot commite.

8. Mouret tells ____________ that the board has decided to fire him/her.
(a) Denise.
(b) Bouthemont.
(c) Baron Hartman.
(d) Madame Desforges.

9. To whom does Baudu sell his country house?
(a) Lhommes.
(b) Colomban.
(c) Robineau.
(d) Mouret.

10. What does Mouret ask Denise?
(a) If she will marry him.
(b) If she will leave quietly.
(c) If she will be head silk buyer.
(d) If she will run the store for him.

11. Who is Pauline going to marry?
(a) Bauge.
(b) Boudin.
(c) Bourdain.
(d) Boulanger.

12. What does Denise notice about Genevieve when she tries to comfort her?
(a) She is very thin.
(b) She has bruises on her back.
(c) She has begun to stutter.
(d) She has gained a lot of weight.

13. What decision has Mouret made at the beginning of Chapter 9?
(a) Extend store hours.
(b) Give everyone a raise.
(c) Sell the store.
(d) Rearrange the departments.

14. For whom do Pepe and Jean buy some articles during the big sale?
(a) Pepe's girlfriend.
(b) Denise.
(c) Jean's wife.
(d) Baudu.

15. What occasion is about to be launched at Au Bonheur des Dames at the beginning of Chapter 14?
(a) The Summer Sale.
(b) The Christmas Sale.
(c) The Easter Sale.
(d) The Great White Sale.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who has Jouve accused of being a thief?

2. What is Madame Desforges' plan?

3. What problem does Mouret talk about with Vallagnosc?

4. Which of the following do NOT trap the customers inside the store?

5. What month is it when Chapter 10 begins?

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