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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. In Chapter 19, how many years does Ida say that she was married?

2. In Chapter 9, what does Perdu bring his father?

3. In Chapter 15, what does Perdu remember riding with Manon through the Camargue?

4. In Chapter 1, what color wallpaper is in the room that Monsieur Perdu has not opened for a long time?

5. What is Catherine wearing in Chapter 10?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 18, how does Perdu remember that Vijaya found his future wife?

2. In Chapter 20 when Perdu borrows Ida's bicycle, what does he leave on the handlebars of the bike?

3. How did Madame Catherine Le P find out that her husband had left her?

4. What does Catherine tell Perdu in a note in Chapter 9?

5. In Chapter 5, how does Perdu say that he knows what books are suitable for people?

6. In Chapter 18, what does Max say about his father and what his father said when Max offered to supplement his father's income?

7. In Chapter 4, why does Perdu say that he named his barge the "Literary Apothecary"?

8. What is the flag like that Max finds in Chapter 16?

9. In Chapter 6, who does Perdu say should read Jose Saramago's Blindness?

10. How do Perdu and Max get dinner in Chapter 19?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

There are several different settings in the novel. How does the setting of the book in Sanary almost take on the quality of a character, and how does Perdu interact with the setting and allow it to bring him healing?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Perdu lives a solitary life because of fear. Why does Perdu have so much fear and how does fear affect him and the way that he lives his life for 20 years?

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