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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the main theme of Chapter 10?
(a) Greed.
(b) Religion.
(c) Class.
(d) Betrayal.

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

4. What does Baudu hope will energize his shop?
(a) New inventory.
(b) Christmas shopping.
(c) Major renovations.
(d) The completion of the new road.

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

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

7. What goal has Mouret met at the beginning of Chapter 12?
(a) His store has the largest silk inventory in France.
(b) His expansion plan is approved.
(c) His store has a fleet of 50 delivery vans.
(d) Denise has agreed to marry him.

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

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

10. Which of the following does Mouret NOT do with Denise?
(a) Says he has given up all other women.
(b) Begs her to stay.
(c) Terminates her.
(d) Tells her he loves her.

11. What does Genevieve's death symbolize?
(a) The plague that is speeding across France.
(b) The death of old ways of doing business.
(c) The suffering one does for love.
(d) The need to be assertive to get what you want.

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

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

14. Why is Mouret in such despair?
(a) His mother has died.
(b) The store is in bankruptcy.
(c) Denise still refuses his invitations.
(d) His wife has asked for a divorce.

15. Why is Colomban and Genevieve's marriage postponed again?
(a) Baudu has a background check done on Colomban.
(b) Baudu's pride will not let him pass on an almost bankrupt business.
(c) Colomban's parents do not like Genevieve.
(d) Baudu thinks that Genevieve can do better for herself.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the topic of all the store rumors?

2. What is the source of Mouret's anger on this day?

3. Who brings her children to the store as a form of entertainment?

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

5. What is one thing that Mouret's money cannot buy for him?

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