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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Madame Guibal doing in the reading room?
(a) Flipping through magazines.
(b) Waiting for Monsieur de Boves.
(c) Taking a nap.
(d) Having tea.

2. What item of clothing has Denise come to help Madame Desforges with?
(a) A wedding dress.
(b) A cocktail dress.
(c) An evening gown.
(d) A coat.

3. Which of the following is NOT how Bouthemont describes shop girls?
(a) Financially savvy.
(b) Immersed in luxury.
(c) Lacking education.
(d) Good dressers.

4. Who is caught stealing during the big sales?
(a) Madame Desforges.
(b) Madame Ballou.
(c) Madame de Boves.
(d) Madame Boulanger.

5. Who does Genevieve think that Colomban loves?
(a) Clara.
(b) Jeanne.
(c) Denise.
(d) Gigi.

6. What does Madame Desforges flaunt in front of Denise?
(a) Her home.
(b) Her affair with Mouret.
(c) Her jewelry.
(d) Her social statuse.

7. What occasion is about to be launched at Au Bonheur des Dames at the beginning of Chapter 14?
(a) The Easter Sale.
(b) The Summer Sale.
(c) The Christmas Sale.
(d) The Great White Sale.

8. Who breaks his legs while trying to commit suicide?
(a) Gaujean.
(b) Robineau.
(c) Mouret.
(d) Jouve.

9. Which of the following does Madame Baudu NOT attribute to Genevieve's declining health?
(a) She stays out late drinking with friends.
(b) She has inherited Madame Baudu's physical weakness.
(c) Spending so much time in a dark shop is not healthy.
(d) She is depressed about the delay in her marriage to Colomban.

10. Who brings her children to the store as a form of entertainment?
(a) Madame Bodeau.
(b) Madame Bourdelais.
(c) Madame Bollinger.
(d) Madame Ballou.

11. Chapter 10 includes imagery of _______________.
(a) Floods.
(b) Slavery.
(c) Art.
(d) Religion.

12. What job does Mouret give to Denise?
(a) Advertising manager.
(b) Assistant buyer.
(c) Millinery manager.
(d) Ladies department head.

13. What realization does Denise come to?
(a) She wants children.
(b) She wants to leave Paris.
(c) She loves Mouret.
(d) She will never marry.

14. Which of the following best describes Mouret's feelings about the rumors of Denise?
(a) Amused.
(b) Disinterested.
(c) Jealous.
(d) Noncommital.

15. What is the source of Mouret's anger on this day?
(a) Taxes are due.
(b) Denise refuses his dinner invitation.
(c) The sales are miserably low.
(d) A customer is suing the store.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Baudu hope will energize his shop?

2. What does Denise notice about Genevieve when she tries to comfort her?

3. What event does Madame Desforges host at the beginning of Chapter 11?

4. What problem does Mouret talk about with Vallagnosc?

5. Why has Mouret remained a bachelor for so long?

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