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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 person who had a German officer as a lover now do?
(a) She is in an insane asylum.
(b) She moves to Germany with her lover.
(c) She is dead; killed by angry townsfolk.
(d) Runs a bakery in town.

2. What does Leonie take out before leaving?
(a) The silver from the chest.
(b) The antique Quimper bowl.
(c) Two goblets.
(d) A chalice.

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

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

5. What is one game the girls play?
(a) All for Love.
(b) Jumprope.
(c) Chess.
(d) Checkers.

Short Answer Questions

1. The novel begins with the description of what?

2. Why does Victorine still hate the Germans?

3. After Madeleine defends Léonie, how does Antoinette act?

4. What do the two girls do to save the "dead" baby doll?

5. What does Léonie enjoy?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

5. What do you think the wind Léonie feels means?

6. In the chapter, "The Coffee Bowls," how do you think Léonie is symbolically similar to the house?

7. What is foreshadowed in the chapter "The Baby Book"?

8. 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?

9. What is a possible reason the author has Léonie jabbing her cigarette in the air to emphasize the argument with Thérèse?

10. In the chapter, "The Dustpan," what is Thérèse's "public" version of why she broke the Quimper dish and what is evident later as to why she breaks it?

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