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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 Léonie tell the house?
(a) That she is sad for Louis.
(b) Nothing.
(c) That she is glad her aunt is dead.
(d) That she wishes she inherits this house.

2. Why has Thérèse come to the farmhouse?
(a) She feels homesick.
(b) She is planning to sell the farmhouse.
(c) She is thinking of leaving the monastery and that there is some unfinished business to which she must attend.
(d) She hopes to forgive Léonie.

3. Who took the photograph of Léonie and Thérèse?
(a) Soi Maria.
(b) Victorine.
(c) Henri.
(d) Baptiste.

4. What happens to what the girls bring up from the cellar?
(a) The cook is making a white sauce with them.
(b) The gardener kills them.
(c) Antoinette tosses it in the fire.
(d) Henri says it was from when they made wine.

5. Who claims to see the devil hiding behind the curtains?
(a) Thérèse.
(b) Baptiste.
(c) Léonie.
(d) Louis.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is staring angrily at Thérèse as the front door opens?

2. How long has it been since Thérèse had left the monastery?

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

4. What does Léonie enjoy?

5. What does Léonie enjoy?

Short Essay Questions

1. In the previous chapter, the reader notices that Léonie embraces physicality as seen by her fascination with defecation; in the chapter, "The Frying Pan," what does it seem that Thérèse embraces?

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

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

4. 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?

5. Describe the vision experience that Thérèse has in this chapter.

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

7. What scene in the chapter, "The Camp Bed," suggests that the personal dynamics of the household is about to change?

8. What does Thérèse notice in the graveyard in the chapter "The Doorbell"?

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

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