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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. Who are the other tenants living in the house with Denise?
(a) Drug dealers.
(b) Prostitutes.
(c) Orphans.
(d) Ex-criminals.

2. Why does Jouve try to get Denise fired?
(a) She is rude to customers.
(b) She does not have a sales mentality.
(c) She is always late.
(d) She rejects his sexual overtures.

3. Who is the man with a neighboring store that is angry at Mouret for trying to buy out his lease to expand?
(a) Bourmand.
(b) Boursin.
(c) Bourras.
(d) Beaudin.

4. Why does Mouret hope to meet Baron Hartmann?
(a) He is an international sommelier.
(b) He is the President of France.
(c) He is the director of the Credit Imobilier.
(d) He is a silk importer.

5. What does Denise finally get when spring arrives?
(a) A house.
(b) A salary.
(c) A lover.
(d) A new hat.

Short Answer Questions

1. What role does Mouret assume in the store?

2. What does Mouret say about Denise's termination?

3. Who befriends Denise at the store?

4. Who is the young man who made a serious delivery error the previous day?

5. The silk department employees wish that ____________ would not come back from holiday.

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Denise indirectly change the work lives of the store employees?

2. What other reasons does Madame Baudu speculate could be the source of Genevieve's illness aside from the postponement of her marriage to Colomban?

3. How does Baudu's store fare during the road construction period?

4. What is a recurring theme in the book notably beginning in Chapter 7?

5. Why does Mouret think Denise is leaving and why does he think it might be a good idea to remain a bachelor?

6. What are Denise's working conditions at the store?

7. Explain the symbolism of the windows in Chapter 13.

8. Why is Denise proof that Mouret's money will not buy him everything he wants?

9. How does Mouret exploit women to achieve his goals?

10. Who are some of the women at Madame Desforges' tea and what is revealed about their shopping habits?

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