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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. Who first meets Newman when he has come to speak with Claire's mother and brother, supposedly for the last time?
(a) Mrs. Tristam.
(b) Tristam.
(c) Noemie.
(d) Mrs. Bread.

2. What surprises Valentin about the invitation his family sends out for Newman and Claire's engagement party?
(a) It isn't on their usual stationery.
(b) It leaves off Newman's full name.
(c) It doesn't mention that an American will be there as the entertainment.
(d) It doesn't have the family crest on it.

3. Who does Valentin want to come visit him once he is injured from the duel?
(a) Newman.
(b) Nioche.
(c) Claire.
(d) Noemie.

4. Whom must Newman spend time with when he goes to visit Claire in her home?
(a) Her son from her earlier marriage.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Her ugly cat.
(d) Her attendants who are all very gossipy.

5. What role does Claire have in the church services at her convent?
(a) She is in the choir.
(b) She leads the service.
(c) She passes around the collection plate.
(d) She cleans the pews.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who tells Newman during the opera that she is terribly bored with her husband?

2. Who confirms to Newman that Claire's father was murdered?

3. How does Claire feel about the duel?

4. Who arranges for Newman to speak again with Urbain and Madame de Bellegarde after he sees them at Claire's chapel?

5. With whom does Newman go to the opera?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Noemie tell Newman when he confronts her and her father at the Cafe de le Patrie?

2. What does Urbain confirm about his father's murder to Newman?

3. How does the Bellegarde family react when Newman tells him that he and Claire are engaged?

4. What did Madame de Bellegarde once accuse Mrs. Bread of?

5. What is Newman's original plan in confronting Urbain and Madame de Bellegarde about the way Claire's father died?

6. What does Valentin think happened surrounding the death of his father?

7. What does Claire plan to do now that she is no longer engaged to Newman?

8. What does Urbain request of Newman when he comes and confesses that his father was in fact murdered?

9. What promise to Mrs. Bread does Newman fulfill in Chapter 23?

10. What is Newman's opinion of Urbain?

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