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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following do Cheri and Desmond NOT do during their time together?
(a) Drink alcohol.
(b) Drive in Cheri's car.
(c) Go to the museum.
(d) Go to restaurants.

2. Where do Cheri and Edmee go for their honeymoon?
(a) Barbados.
(b) Monte Carlo.
(c) Fiji.
(d) Italy.

3. How old is Lea at the beginning of the story?
(a) 21.
(b) 32.
(c) 49.
(d) 16.

4. Cheri visits the Pal's apartment again and this time leaves because ________________.
(a) She is out of town.
(b) She is ill.
(c) She is not wearing her pearls.
(d) She is wearing pearls.

5. How does Lea know Patron?
(a) He is her accountant.
(b) He is her gardener.
(c) He is her driver.
(d) He is a former lover.

6. Where did Lea and Cheri first kiss?
(a) A sidewalk cafe.
(b) The Louvre.
(c) A train station.
(d) Madame Peloux's garden.

7. What is the literary technique in which Lea tells about the past via memories?
(a) Personification.
(b) Flashback.
(c) Allegory.
(d) Metaphor.

8. How does Cheri feel about the world of his wife and mother?
(a) It is cloying.
(b) It is depressing.
(c) It is stimulating.
(d) It is exuberant.

9. Lea recalls reading a postcard sent from whom while she was away?
(a) Marcelle.
(b) Louise.
(c) Gigi.
(d) Lili.

10. Who is Lea's concierge?
(a) Edward.
(b) Easton.
(c) Ellis.
(d) Ernest.

11. With whom does Madame Peloux assume Lea has gone on a trip out of Paris?
(a) A new lover.
(b) No one.
(c) A former lover.
(d) Her sister.

12. Where does Cheri go after leaving Lea's house?
(a) The racetrack.
(b) A bar.
(c) A restaurant.
(d) Home.

13. Who is the girl that Cheri's mother hopes he will marry?
(a) Edith
(b) Esme.
(c) Edmee.
(d) Emma.

14. What about Cheri is particularly frustrating for Edmee at this point?
(a) His unending purchases to add to his wardrobe.
(b) His inordinate amount of time spent with his mother.
(c) His unending changes to the construction and decor of their home.
(d) His sulky behavior when she is around.

15. Who is Madame Charlotte Peloux?
(a) Cheri's driving instructor.
(b) Cheri's tailor's wife.
(c) Cheri's tutor.
(d) Cheri's mother?

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Desmond's apartment located?

2. What is the setting of the beginning of CHERI?

3. Why is Lea so repulsed by the sight of Lili and her young companion?

4. Whose apartment do Cheri and Desmond visit?

5. By what other name is Lea known?

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