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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. What was Jane's father's rank?
(a) General.
(b) Lieutenant Colonel.
(c) Major.
(d) Colonel.

2. What was the name of Sylvie's favorite cook?
(a) Joelle.
(b) Marcelle.
(c) Aurelie.
(d) Desiree.

3. Where is Thisbee taken when she nearly drowns?
(a) The commissary.
(b) Her parents' home.
(c) Madame Sylvie's sitting room.
(d) The back porch.

4. What was the family name of Pearce's adoptive parents?
(a) Stewart.
(b) Wilson.
(c) Montgomery.
(d) Andrews.

5. How many daughters does Juliette have?
(a) 2.
(b) 5.
(c) 4.
(d) 3.

Short Answer Questions

1. How far is Sylvie from the pond in Book 2, Chapter XIII, when Byron and Pearce swim?

2. How old is Bayard when he returns to France for a bride?

3. When Bayard comes for Sylvie, how long has she been in a convent?

4. How far is the Lavender Plantation from Let Petit Cottage?

5. What does Sylvie bathe with in Book 1, Chapter X?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Lucien's financial situation?

2. What were the circumstances of Thisbe coming to be Madame Sylvie's personal servant?

3. What conversation does Lucien have with Rosalie after Jane swims naked in the pond?

4. How does Jane come to stay with the Guilberts?

5. How does Jane Chatham torment the postman?

6. What does Thisbe wake up to after nearly drowing in the pond, and how does she feel?

7. Who accosts Byron and Pearce at a bar after Byron picks up Pearce at the port?

8. How does Sylvie feel about Blacks and mixed bloods who die of yellow fever?

9. Who was Marcelle?

10. What happens when Byron and Peace are swimming in the pond?

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