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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I (Pages 1 - 97, Chapters 1 - 23).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the only difference between Violette's closest neighbors?
(a) Their incomes.
(b) Their hairstyles.
(c) Their dreams.
(d) The wood of their coffins.

2. Why does Violette identify in some ways with characters in her favorite novel?
(a) It is about unrequited love.
(b) It is about a cemetery keeper.
(c) Some of the characters are orphans, and she was given up for adoption herself.
(d) It is about someone who lost a child.

3. Who does Violette think look like ghosts?
(a) The women who clean their husbands' graves every day.
(b) The gravediggers.
(c) The men who take care of the cats.
(d) The undertakers.

4. In Chapter 11, what drink does Violette often drink and offer to others?
(a) Vodka.
(b) Beer.
(c) Port.
(d) Amaretto.

5. In Chapter 15, who is quite clumsy and often tumbles into graves?
(a) Gaston.
(b) Henry.
(c) Thierry.
(d) Julien.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Violette meet Philippe?

2. In Chapter 6, who comes to see Violette at her house?

3. What does Violette tell the priest is inevitably part of love?

4. Who is Julien's mother?

5. In Chapter 17, who is buried?

(see the answer key)

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