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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For whom do Pepe and Jean buy some articles during the big sale?
(a) Jean's wife.
(b) Baudu.
(c) Denise.
(d) Pepe's girlfriend.

2. What seems to be the primary topic of conversation in the store?
(a) The major fashion designers.
(b) The price of silk.
(c) World War I.
(d) Denise's love life.

3. Which of the following does NOT describe the state of Baudu's store at the beginning of Chapter 8?
(a) It is closed.
(b) It is failing.
(c) It is empty.
(d) It is dreary.

4. Who decides to steal Colomban from his fiancee?
(a) Edna.
(b) Clara.
(c) Pauline.
(d) Cecille.

5. What is the theme of the dreams that Denise has during this period?
(a) Finding true love.
(b) Working through grief.
(c) The struggle to survive.
(d) Reaching one's goals.

6. What is one thing that Mouret's money cannot buy for him?
(a) An embassy job.
(b) A royal title.
(c) A political position.
(d) Denise's love.

7. What symbolizes life and death in Chapter 13?
(a) Windows.
(b) Weather.
(c) Doors.
(d) Roads.

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

9. Why does Madame Desforges make things difficult for Denise?
(a) She thinks Denise is rude.
(b) She wants Denise to quit.
(c) She thinks Denise wants her job.
(d) She thinks Denise is having an affair with Mouret.

10. Which of the following do NOT trap the customers inside the store?
(a) Locked doors.
(b) Artful displays.
(c) Confusing layout.
(d) Charming salesmen.

11. Who has Jouve accused of being a thief?
(a) An elderly man.
(b) A teenage girl.
(c) Denise.
(d) A pregnant woman.

12. Whose funeral is the first one held in Chapter 13?
(a) Baudu's.
(b) Denise's.
(c) Jouve's.
(d) Genevieve's.

13. What month is it when Chapter 10 begins?
(a) January.
(b) November.
(c) May.
(d) August.

14. Who is Pauline going to marry?
(a) Bauge.
(b) Boudin.
(c) Boulanger.
(d) Bourdain.

15. To whom does Baudu sell his country house?
(a) Mouret.
(b) Lhommes.
(c) Robineau.
(d) Colomban.

Short Answer Questions

1. What item of clothing has Denise come to help Madame Desforges with?

2. Which of the following does Mouret NOT do with Denise?

3. Which group is beginning to forge a new, nameless class?

4. Why is Mouret in such despair?

5. Which of the following does Denise NOT achieve in the new department?

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