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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the La Mottes hear one evening outside the abbey in Chapter 6?
(a) Yelling.
(b) Thunder.
(c) Crying.
(d) Hoofbeats.

2. What does Adeline think she sees in her room while she is reading the manuscript in Chapter 9?
(a) A flicker of light.
(b) Smoke.
(c) A large spider.
(d) A figure.

3. How does Adeline feel about the Marquis coming to dinner?
(a) She is excited.
(b) She is cautiously anticipating his visit.
(c) She is indifferent to his company.
(d) She dreads it.

4. What does Peter tell Adeline the Marquis intends to do no matter what?
(a) Kill Adeline's father.
(b) Marry Adeline.
(c) Kill Adeline.
(d) Get his abbey back.

5. In Adeline's dream in Chapter 4, what does a voice tell her?
(a) That she will meet her true love soon.
(b) That she is dying.
(c) That she must watch for signs.
(d) That she is in a dangerous place.

6. What does Adeline beg La Motte to allow her to do?
(a) Run away.
(b) Return to her father.
(c) Return to the convent.
(d) Marry Theodore.

7. What is the name of the forest into which La Motte's party travels?
(a) The Forrest of Fleurs.
(b) The Forrest of Fontanville.
(c) The Forrest of Fougeres.
(d) The Forrest of Foix.

8. What is the person who watches Adeline in the woods wearing?
(a) A soldier's uniform.
(b) Hunting clothes.
(c) A suit.
(d) A tattered housecoat.

9. Who is Madame La Motte unable to notify that she is leaving?
(a) Her best friend.
(b) Her neighbor.
(c) Her son.
(d) Her niece.

10. What alerts Adeline to Theodore's presence in the woods?
(a) She sees a group of birds flee from the bushes suddenly.
(b) He yells to her.
(c) Rustling leaves.
(d) A cough.

11. What did Adeline's father tell her when he visited her?
(a) That he couldn't support her.
(b) That he was dying.
(c) That he was remarrying.
(d) That he was not her real father.

12. How does Peter cause Adeline distress in Chapter 10?
(a) He threatens her.
(b) He laughs at her.
(c) He calls her name.
(d) He tries to kiss her.

13. What becomes a source of comfort to the La Mottes in Chapter 3?
(a) The friendliness of the neighbors.
(b) Adeline.
(c) The country life.
(d) Living in a religious building.

14. When did Adeline's father send her away to live at a convent?
(a) When there was room at the convent.
(b) When she began to act out.
(c) When she expressed an interest in God.
(d) When her mother died.

15. What does La Motte order his son never to speak to him about again?
(a) La Motte's behavior.
(b) Adeline's past.
(c) Mrs. La Motte's health.
(d) The abbey.

Short Answer Questions

1. What city are the La Mottes leaving at the beginning of the novel?

2. What happens to Adeline when she sees the Marquis enter her room in Chapter 11?

3. In Chapter 1, what happens when La Motte goes to a house near the road?

4. What happens when the La Mottes have traveled about three leagues from the city?

5. How does Adeline feel when she hears she will be taken from the convent?

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