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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On what terms does Denise agree to stay?
(a) If Mouret believes in her good conduct.
(b) If Mouret will set her up in a new apartment.
(c) If Mouret promotes her to head of the ladies department.
(d) If Mouret gives her a sizable raise.

2. What decision has Mouret made at the beginning of Chapter 9?
(a) Sell the store.
(b) Extend store hours.
(c) Give everyone a raise.
(d) Rearrange the departments.

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

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

5. What color covers Baudu's shop after the deaths?
(a) Black.
(b) Blue.
(c) White.
(d) Purple.

6. Which of the following is NOT what Denise thinks about marrying Mouret and keeping her reputation intact?
(a) Mouret can come to Valgones for her.
(b) She can return to the store as a queen.
(c) Mouret can marry her on her turf.
(d) She would marry him anytime if he would just ask.

7. What happens to Genevieve as a result of her grief?
(a) She stays in bed for months.
(b) She gets counseling.
(c) She rallies and goes out on the town.
(d) She dies.

8. Why does Bouthemont say that distinguished ladies will not admit to wearing clothes from Mouret's store?
(a) Mouret's bad reputation.
(b) The store's quality is declining.
(c) They want people to think they wear only designer clothes.
(d) The low prices.

9. From whom does Denise get a letter?
(a) Mouret.
(b) Her aunt.
(c) Jean.
(d) Jouve.

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

11. What record does the store make on the day of the big sale?
(a) Five million mark.
(b) One million mark.
(c) Three million mark.
(d) Two million mark.

12. Why is Mouret crying?
(a) His daughter is leaving home.
(b) Denise is going back home.
(c) He has a terminal illness.
(d) Denise has agreed to marry him.

13. What is Madame Desforges' plan?
(a) To take a trip to Spain.
(b) To retire in three years.
(c) To remodel her dining room.
(d) To get Mouret and Denise at her house together.

14. Mouret tells ____________ that the board has decided to fire him/her.
(a) Denise.
(b) Baron Hartman.
(c) Madame Desforges.
(d) Bouthemont.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bouthemont talk to Madame Desforges about?

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

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

4. Why can Denise be nothing more than a mistress to Mouret?

5. What does Madame Desforges flaunt in front of Denise?

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