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

2. Who is staring angrily at Thérèse as the front door opens?
(a) Antionette.
(b) Henri.
(c) No one.
(d) Léonie.

3. What does Thérèse find when she goes to the clearing looking for Léonie?
(a) The black stag.
(b) The woman that Léonie had described.
(c) Baptiste killing a kitten.
(d) Léonie kneeling by a rock.

4. What does Thérèse notice that Léonie has done?
(a) Put old sheets on her bed.
(b) Taken care in setting the table.
(c) Started allowing the cats and dogs in the house.
(d) Knitted stockings for Thérèse.

5. Who is in trouble with the adults?
(a) Léonie and Baptiste.
(b) Baptiste and his male friends.
(c) No one.s
(d) Léonie and Thérèse.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Madeleine tell her daughter about the daughter's father, Maurice?

3. Who chases Léonie?

4. When is Léonie's birthday?

5. What does the person who had a German officer as a lover now do?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do you think the reaction of Antoinette in the chapter "The Sofa," is related to her reaction to Léonie's previous venture to the cellar in "The Cellar Key"?

2. In the chapter, "The Oranges," what problem do you think Léonie is really trying to resolve when she is juggling the oranges or thinking of the magpies?

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

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

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

6. What so you think is the symbolism attached to Thérèse jumping free of her burning clothes?

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

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

9. What do you think that the emptiness in the air about Léonie means?

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

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