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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. Of what is Thérèse's bag full?
(a) Books about Jewish history and customs.
(b) Knitting wool.
(c) Money.
(d) Clothing.

2. Why does Thérèse refuse to eat?
(a) Because her father is not there.
(b) Because she feels ugly and overweight.
(c) Because there is a famine at the time.
(d) Because her mother is not eating.

3. Why does Madeleine move Léonie into Thérèse's room?
(a) To stop Thérèse from being so obsessed with praying.
(b) To torment Thérèse.
(c) To punish Léonie.
(d) Hoping the two girls will begin to like each other better.

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

5. After Madeleine defends Léonie, how does Antoinette act?
(a) She is still clearly upset.
(b) She smiles and says it's alright.
(c) She insists that Léonie be whipped.
(d) She forbids anyone to go down into the cellar anymore.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who watches Léonie as she drags the suitcase back and forth in her nightmare?

3. How much longer does Antoinette live?

4. Where will Thérèse sleep?

5. What does Thérèse notice as the only things that have changed?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do you think that the emptiness in the air about Léonie means?

2. What do you think is the significance of Thérèse's threat of "the silent treatment" to Léonie?

3. What rather strange and perhaps a bit disturbing fact is revealed about Léonie in this chapter?

4. In the chapter, "The Quimper Dish, what do you think is the reason behind Thérèse's sudden "illness"?

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

6. How, in "The Dust," does Léonie's actions foreshadow her eventual life as wife and mother and living at the Martin property?

7. What in "The Ivory Ring" chapter foreshadows Thérèse's despondency about her mother's death and her father transferring his affection to Madeleine?

8. What do you think is symbolic about the dinner the two women share?

9. How do Therèse's actions in this chapter, "The Fish Kettle," foreshadow her decision to become a nun?

10. In the chapter, "The Oranges," what problem do you think Léonie is really trying to resolve when she is juggling the oranges or thinking of the magpies?

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