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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What color are Catherine's eyes?
2. In Chapter 12, what is the date on Manon's letter?
3. In Chapter 1, what was the name of the cat that used to sleep on a sofa in the room that Monsieur Perdu kept closed for a long time?
4. In Chapter 3, what was the name of Monsieur Perdu's barge before it became the "Literary Apothecary"?
5. In Chapter 5, what is Max Jordan holding when Perdu finds him on his boat?
Short Essay Questions
1. In Chapter 4, why does Perdu say that he named his barge the "Literary Apothecary"?
2. In Chapter 11, what does Catherine say about life with her ex-husband?
3. Why does Perdu feel sick that he did not read Manon's letter?
4. In Chapter 18, what issues does Brigadier Levec find with Perdu's boat?
5. What is the flag like that Max finds in Chapter 16?
6. In Chapter 5, how does Perdu say that he knows what books are suitable for people?
7. What types of buildings and shops are in Perdu's neighborhood?
8. In Chapter 6, who does Perdu say should read Jose Saramago's Blindness?
9. In Chapter 15, where does Perdu think about mooring for the evening and why?
10. What did Paris seem like to Perdu when his parents took him to see relatives in Brittany?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Perdu reads a letter that he has left in a drawer of a table for 20 years. How does the letter affect Perdu and how does it become a catalyst that leads him to face his grief?
Essay Topic 2
Books have been protection for Perdu. How have books created a force field in his life and how has that force field affected the way that Perdu lives?
Essay Topic 3
The experiences Perdu has in the novel help him face his past and learn to love again. What experiences especially help Perdu to open his heart to love again?
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