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

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

3. Who tells Thérèse to get up off the floor?
(a) Louis.
(b) Madeleine.
(c) Antoinette.
(d) Baptiste.

4. What does the specialist say about Antoinette's breast cancer?
(a) That it will just take a little surgery and she'll be fine.
(b) That it does not look good.
(c) That it may not be cancer after all.
(d) Nothing; he does not want to scare her.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Thérèse do when her mother takes her home at a year and a half?

2. Why does Victorine still hate the Germans?

3. What does Antoinette describe in the letters?

4. Who kept the letters Antoinette sent to her during Thérèse's infancy?

5. What does Baptiste do to gain the attention of the two girls?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What might the lava image which Thérèse images in "The Rosary," mean to Thérèse?

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

6. Describe Thérèse's first tour of the house as shown in "The Buffet." What is ironic about one of her thoughts?

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

8. What hint is there in the chapter, "The Cellar Key," that something about the cellar upsets Antoinette?

9. How is the relationship between Baptiste and Léonie developed in this chapter?

10. Describe Thérèse's dream of Antoinette.

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