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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. Why does Madeleine defend Léonie's action of going down to the cellar?
(a) Because Madeleine asks Léonie to go get some wine from the cellar.
(b) Because Madeleine thinks everyone picks on Léonie.
(c) She tells Antoinette that Léonie was just curious because of a story Madeleine has told Léonie.
(d) Because Léonie is her daughter.

2. How do the girls "doctor" each other?
(a) They are only doctoring the doll.
(b) Tie the patient to the bed.
(c) Force castor oil down the throat.
(d) Wrap themselves in bandages.

3. What does the person who had a German officer as a lover now do?
(a) She is in an insane asylum.
(b) She is dead; killed by angry townsfolk.
(c) Runs a bakery in town.
(d) She moves to Germany with her lover.

4. What does Antoinette wish?
(a) That the girls are not so fair-haired.
(b) That the girls were sisters.
(c) That Henri had lived to see the girls.
(d) That Antoinette had married Thérèse's father.

5. When Léonie awakens, what does she realize?
(a) She has wet her bed.
(b) She is not alone in the bed.
(c) She is too scared to scream.
(d) The window has opened on its own.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the two girls go downstairs, what do they find?

2. Where do Thérèse and Léonie walk?

3. What does Léonie say about the Jews?

4. What does Thérèse mix that she hasn't done in many years?

5. How does Léonie help Louis?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Thérèse manipulating in the chapter, "The Dust," and why do you think she does this?

2. How does Antoinette's wasted and emaciated body trigger feelings within Thérèse of her own body image as evidenced in the chapter "The Pillows"?

3. In "The Writing Table," what is Léonie doing on the advice of her lawyer and why?

4. Describe Thérèse's dream of Antoinette.

5. What task do you believe is now set before Léonie?

6. How does Léonie symbolically enter the adult world in the chapter titled "The Ironing Board"?

7. The burning of objects occur repeatedly throughout this novel, the first idea of this occurring in the chapter "The Altar." What do you think could be the symbolism behind the burning of various objects?

8. In the chapter, "The Holdall," how does what Léonie finds while going through Thérèse's things demonstrate the differences between the two women?

9. Describe the first few minutes of Thérèse and Léonie's time together as described in "The Chandelier."

10. How is the occupation of the Germans described in "The Carpets"?

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