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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. How is the Angellier house described?
(a) As the nicest one in the village.
(b) As a beautiful but quaint cottage.
(c) As a run down chateau.
(d) As the oldest one in the village.

2. Who does the soldier staying at the Sabarie farm have a great compassion for?
(a) Children.
(b) Farmers.
(c) Animals.
(d) Frenchmen.

3. What are the Germans preparing to celebrate?
(a) The promotion of an officer.
(b) The birthday of Bruno von Falk.
(c) The anniversary of their arrival in France.
(d) The life of their fallen comrade.

4. How long are the German soldier's expected to stay in the Angelliers' village?
(a) Six months.
(b) Three months.
(c) Three weeks.
(d) A year.

5. What family did the Count de Furieres marry into?
(a) The Angellier family.
(b) The Salomon-Worms family.
(c) The Craquant family.
(d) The Pericand-Maltete family.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 29, who is doing the cleaning at Charles Langelet's house?

2. Where does Lucile invite Bruno to work after he is smoked out of his room?

3. Who comes to the Angellier house to ask Bruno to recover some possessions from their house for them?

4. What are the German soldier requisitioning from the French villagers in Chapter 17?

5. What do the German soldiers go around asking the villagers for?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is discussed in the conversation between Lucile and Madame Angellier after Madame Angellier discovers Lucile talking to Bruno for the first time?

2. What happens to the careers of the Michauds, and what do they do about it?

3. What is Benoit's attitude toward Madeleine's interest in things outside the farm and why?

4. How does Madame Angellier feel about her daughter-in-law, Lucile?

5. What is the atmosphere on the farm where Jean-Marie Michaud is staying?

6. Why do the Germans have a party and what are the feelings of the French villagers about it?

7. Describe Bruno von Falk. What does the development of his character do in the novel in Chapters 3 and 4?

8. What happens to the relationship between the French villagers and the German soldiers after the incident involving Benoit?

9. What does Benoit come to the Angellier house to ask and why? What is the response to his favor?

10. Describe the scene of the German soldiers in Bussy.

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