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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 39, The Onyx Ashtray | Chapter 40, The Fish Kettle.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are the ladies discussing when the two girls decide to go down to the cellar?
(a) Who is likely to be the next woman to wed.
(b) Whether there is going to be a major war.
(c) If their husbands really like being tied down in marriage.
(d) The diagnosis of breast cancer that Antoinette has just received.

2. Who cares for Thérèse the first year and a half of her life?
(a) Rose.
(b) Henri.
(c) Antoinette.
(d) Suzette.

3. Who keeps the central portion of the Quimper bowl?
(a) Thérèse.
(b) Victorine.
(c) Léonie.
(d) Rose.

4. Who was willing to take on a German officer as a lover?
(a) Rose.
(b) Antoinette.
(c) One of the village girls who came to help with chores at the house was billeted in the back bedroom.
(d) Marie.

5. With what is Léonie fascinated?
(a) The family photographs.
(b) With how sharp the kitchen knives are.
(c) The way Thérèse is dressed.
(d) The way Baptiste cannot keep his eyes off Thérèse.

Short Answer Questions

1. The novel begins with the description of what?

2. What does Léonie enjoy?

3. What has Léonie been doing while Thérèse has been in the convent?

4. What do the two girls do to save the "dead" baby doll?

5. What is the name of Léonie's mother?

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