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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. Who convinces Thérèse to eat?
(a) Louis.
(b) Henr.
(c) Antoinette.
(d) Rose.

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

3. What do the two girls do to save the "dead" baby doll?
(a) Nothing. They know the doll can't be dead.
(b) Give CPR.
(c) Pray over it.
(d) Operate.

4. What does Thérèse do when her mother takes her home at a year and a half?
(a) Cries for the entire evening.
(b) Responds to nothing and is absolutely quiet.
(c) Goes into a catatonic phase.
(d) Cuddles up to her mother immediately.

5. Why doesn't Thérèse like the dressing room?
(a) Because Victorine and Antoinette discuss her mother's illness here.
(b) Because she has seen a ghost there.
(c) Because it is where her mother makes her stand when she is bad.
(d) Because it smells to strongly of vinegar.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Victorine takes Léonie and Thérèse into the woods?

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

3. Upon what four things in the catechism does Thérèse concentrate?

4. Of what is Thérèse's bag full?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. In "The Onyx Ashtray," what are the ways the Priest conspires to keep the knowledge about the found bones from becoming a focus for the media?

2. How is the dream connected to Léonie's dream in the first chapter?

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

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

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

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

7. In the chapter "The Green Scarf," how does the celebration in the woods contrast to that of organized religion?

8. 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?

9. In "The Cake Tin," what can be implied about Victorine's attitudes towards Jews?

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

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