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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. What does the new priest do when he arrives in the town near the farmhouse?
(a) Adds a cross to the shrine's altar.
(b) Consecrates the shrine.
(c) Has the shrine completely obliterated.
(d) He puts an end to the worship at the shrine, as well as to the dancing and festivities.

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

3. Why is Léonie afraid of being alone in the room where she is sleeping?
(a) She knows her great-grandmother dies in this room.
(b) The branch outside the window taps on the glass in the wind.
(c) She hears people chanting and crying.
(d) Because it is pitch black inside the windowless room.

4. What does Baptiste do to gain the attention of the two girls?
(a) Rides bareback on a horse while standing up.
(b) Treats some kittens cruelly.
(c) Shoots at pigeons on the rooftop.
(d) Swings down out of a tree to scare them.

5. Who relishes her breakfast the next morning though Louis and Thérèse refuse to eat?
(a) Henri.
(b) Madeleine.
(c) Baptiste.
(d) Léonie.

Short Answer Questions

1. From where does the chandelier come?

2. About what do the hosts and guest sit in the salon and talk?

3. What happens to what the girls bring up from the cellar?

4. Who was willing to take on a German officer as a lover?

5. What do the girls bring up from the cellar?

Short Essay Questions

1. In the chapter, "The Silver Cake Tray," what do you think is the significance of the shrine?

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

3. How does the theme of social class appear in the chapter "The Sack"?

4. What about her mother's impending death seems to be of greatest concern to Thérèse in the chapter "The Statue of the Virgin"?

5. Describe how the church is decorated for the upcoming festival and what is perhaps a bit odd about that.

6. 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?

7. Describe the nightmare with which the chapter "The Wall" opens.

8. To what do you think Léonie's fears are related in the chapter "The Nightlight"?

9. In "The Gray Silk Nightshirt," as the two women sit and chat in Thérèse's room, what is revealed overtly or implied about their relationship and each woman as individuals?

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

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