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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What event occurs while Mme. Aubain and Félicité are going through Virginie's room that engenders a deep sense of devotion in Félicité toward Mme. Aubain?
(a) Mme. Aubain expresses gratitude for Félicité's help.
(b) They embrace.
(c) They pray together.
(d) Mme. Aubain gives Félicité a gift.

2. How is Mme. Aubain's husband described?
(a) Cruel and extravagant.
(b) Kind but careless with money.
(c) Handsome but impecunious.
(d) A rake and a spendthrift.

3. What upsets Félicité the most about the prospect of selling the house?
(a) That she will have to move out of her room.
(b) That she won't be able to hear the church bells from her new lodgings.
(c) That Mme. Aubain's things will be sold at auction.
(d) That Paul won't be able to return home.

4. Who offers advice about where Paul should go to school?
(a) Félicité's brother-in-law.
(b) The priest.
(c) Mme. Liebard.
(d) M. Bourais.

5. Which relative of Mme. Aubain's frequently comes to visit?
(a) Her brother.
(b) Her nephew.
(c) Her father.
(d) Her uncle.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose debts does Mme. Aubain pay off?

2. Who does Félicité find while she is in Trouville?

3. What decoration is prominent in Mme. Aubain's bedroom?

4. When the family rests in the field, what does Paul do?

5. What is described as the despair of the other housemaids?

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