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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of a mantle is in the living room?
(a) Victorian style.
(b) Rustic wood.
(c) Copper.
(d) Louis-Quinze-style.

2. Who struggles the most when Paul goes away?
(a) Mme. Aubain.
(b) Virginie.
(c) Félicité.
(d) Paul.

3. What food item lasted Félicité 20 days?
(a) A loaf of bread.
(b) A side of port.
(c) A block of cheese.
(d) A jug of milk.

4. Who does Félicité find while she is in Trouville?
(a) Theodore.
(b) Her sister.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Her daughter.

5. Why does Mme. Aubain have to sell the majority of her properties?
(a) Because her husband ran into debt.
(b) She needed money for her daughter's wedding.
(c) She wanted the money to travel.
(d) Her son lost them gambling.

6. What is peculiar about Félicité's appearance?
(a) She doesn't have any teeth.
(b) She doesn't appear to age.
(c) She is a hunchback.
(d) She has a limp.

7. Where is Trouville situated in the landscape?
(a) At the top of a mountain.
(b) At the bottom of a hill.
(c) Deep in a valley,
(d) In the plains.

8. What color is the wainscoting in the living room?
(a) White.
(b) Red.
(c) Green.
(d) Blue.

9. What does the narrator consider "a remainder of better days"?
(a) The house.
(b) Mme. Aubain's children.
(c) Drawings and etchings.
(d) Mme. Aubain's clothing.

10. How long does Félicité's family stay on their first visit?
(a) 2 hours.
(b) 15 minutes.
(c) 1 hour.
(d) 45 minutes.

11. What is Félicité's first job as a girl?
(a) A cook.
(b) Nurse.
(c) To watch children.
(d) To look after cows.

12. What is the last thing Félicité does before going to sleep?
(a) Read her bible.
(b) Cover the fire with ashes.
(c) Write a letter to her sister.
(d) Pray.

13. When the family rests in the field, what does Paul do?
(a) He plays cards.
(b) He chases animals with his bow.
(c) He is bored and itches to move on.
(d) He lays out the picnic.

14. What gift does M. Bourais bring for the children?
(a) Sheets of music.
(b) An illustrated geography book.
(c) A set of paints.
(d) Clothing.

15. What cure does the doctor recommend for Virginie's nervous complaint?
(a) Bleeding.
(b) Laudanum.
(c) Sea bathing.
(d) Water and gruel.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Felicite leave the farm she was working at while she dated Theodore?

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

3. What is Félicité's relationship to Mme. Aubain?

4. Which relative of Mme. Aubain's frequently comes to visit?

5. When Félicité was 25-years-old, how old did people think she was?

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