View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the content of Margaret's letter to Jack?
(a) Their daughter has been born.
(b) His mother is very ill.
(c) Their son has died.
(d) She is pregnant.

2. What does Isabelle trust Stephen to do?
(a) Guide her husband's business profitably.
(b) Make the decision about their life.
(c) Return to England with no more contact.
(d) Not break Lisette's heart.

3. Where does Weir suspect that Stephen is taking him when they go to the village one night?
(a) To visit a prostitute.
(b) To a tavern.
(c) To an opera.
(d) To a dance hall.

4. In St.-Remy-de-Provence, Stephen gets a job as _________________________.
(a) A chef.
(b) A cobbler.
(c) A newspaper apprentice.
(d) Assistant to a furniture maker.

5. What does Isabelle notice about Stephen during dinner?
(a) He is drinking too much.
(b) He is coughing a lot.
(c) He is not eating much.
(d) He won't look at her.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Stephen wounded?

2. Which family visits the Azaires after dinner?

3. Why does Stephen not go after Isabelle when she leaves?

4. Stephen admits he does not love his men because _________________________.

5. Azaire accuses Isabelle of having an affair with whom?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Lisette's interest in Stephen?

2. What logic does Stephen employ when Isabelle is hesitant to go to England with Stephen?

3. How did Stephen channel the loss of Isabelle into his behavior in the war?

4. Why does Stephen feel that he cannot return to England when his employer tells him to do so?

5. What does Isabelle do on the boat outing that foreshadows her romance with Stephen?

6. Why is it that Stephen does not love his men as Captain Gray urges him to do?

7. What does Isabelle know her life will be when Stephen returns to England?

8. What does Stephen discover about Isabelle when he follows her to Lucien Lebrun's house one day?

9. How does Jack feel about the letter he receives from his wife, Margaret?

10. What does Stephen tell Weir when he wants to hear something other than war talk?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 958 words (approx. 4 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample