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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Sasha tell Violette grows on their own, and pretty much everywhere?
(a) Eggplant.
(b) Cherry tomatoes.
(c) Cactuses.
(d) Mint.

2. What does Sasha tell Violette life is like in Chapter 67?
(a) A good swim.
(b) A relay race.
(c) A dream.
(d) A box of chocolates.

3. In Chapter 70, where does Philippe go to have no-strings-attached sex?
(a) La Helicon.
(b) L'Adresse.
(c) La Mer.
(d) Le Feu.

4. In Chapter 51, what is the official story of how the fire at La Clayette started?
(a) The children made themselves hot chocolate and forgot to turn the stove off.
(b) Someone's cigarette started the fire.
(c) The cause was never officially determined.
(d) A match was left burning outside.

5. In Chapter 77, who does Violette see visiting Leonine's grave?
(a) Fontanel.
(b) Edith.
(c) Genevieve.
(d) Mother and Father Toussaint.

6. Who is the cemetery-keeper before Violette?
(a) Sasha.
(b) Henri.
(c) Irene.
(d) Jennifer.

7. What does Irene tell Gabriel he is in Chapter 50?
(a) A brilliant lawyer.
(b) A smooth talker.
(c) A bad husband.
(d) A good singer.

8. How does Violette refer to the medication and alcohol she consumes in the wake of Leonine's death?
(a) As her only joy.
(b) As her reason for being.
(c) As her prop.
(d) As her chemical life jacket.

9. In Chapter 73, who do Philippe and Violette learned has killed herself?
(a) Helene.
(b) Jennifer.
(c) Irene.
(d) Genevieve.

10. In Chapter 77, who writes to Violette telling her he wants her to take over his job from him?
(a) Nono.
(b) Sasha.
(c) Gabriel.
(d) Julien.

11. What does the epigraph in Chapter 66 say is the first sorrow one weeps over without her mother?
(a) Her father's death.
(b) Her child's death.
(c) Her husband's death.
(d) Her mother's death.

12. Whose funeral is one of the most beautiful Violette has ever attended?
(a) Irene's.
(b) Marcel Gambini's.
(c) Philippe Toussaint's.
(d) Nono's.

13. Who thinks about her affair with Philippe in Chapter 57?
(a) Swan Letellier.
(b) Francois Pelletier.
(c) Genevieve Mangan.
(d) Eloise Petit.

14. In Chapter 77, where does Violette tell Philippe she is going when she is really going to see Sasha?
(a) Marseilles.
(b) Berlin.
(c) London.
(d) Barcelona.

15. In Chapter 78, who does Nono seem to have a crush on?
(a) Irene.
(b) Helena.
(c) Violette.
(d) The countess.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who sometimes lets Violette borrow her car after Leonine's death?

2. What day is a day funerals never take place on?

3. In Chapter 69, who will take over Violette's duties while she is gone?

4. How many girls died in the fire at La Clayette?

5. Who does Father Cedric tell Violette he has adored?

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