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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 kind of clothes does Violette wear when she is working?
(a) Pantsuits.
(b) Jumpsuits.
(c) Fancy ball gowns.
(d) All dark, muted tones.

2. Who are the undertakers?
(a) The Farleio Sisters.
(b) The Helgun Brothers.
(c) The Lucchini Brothers.
(d) The Winchet Sisters.

3. In Chapter 13, what does the epigraph say is stronger than death?
(a) Love.
(b) Happiness.
(c) Time.
(d) The presence of those absent in the memory of the living.

4. In Chapter 16, what does Violette name her daughter?
(a) Violette.
(b) Jennifer.
(c) Leonine.
(d) Bernadette.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 15, who is quite clumsy and often tumbles into graves?

2. Who does Julien's mother request to be buried next to?

3. In Chapter 10, who died on the same day Violette met Philippe?

4. In Chapter 4, what does Violette compare her going to church to?

5. Who is Julien's mother?

(see the answer key)

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