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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Violette do when Philippe tells her the trial's verdict?
(a) Gets a knife and tries to stab him.
(b) Goes to the cemetery to be at Leonine's grave.
(c) Just says, "right," and goes back to work.
(d) Screams and cries.

2. What does Violette neglect to do after Leonine's death that people think is strange?
(a) Read her book.
(b) Sing.
(c) Attend her daughter's funeral.
(d) Buy a cat.

3. In Chapter 60, the epigraph says a memory never dies, but instead does which of the following?
(a) Gets discredited.
(b) Eats.
(c) Falls asleep.
(d) Gets buried.

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

5. Who was Sasha's wife?
(a) Verena.
(b) Helen.
(c) Francoise.
(d) Jennifer.

6. In Chapter 73, what does Violette make Philippe promise her?
(a) That he will never see his mother again.
(b) That he will get a new job immediately.
(c) That he will never leave her.
(d) That Genevieve will not be buried in the cemetery they live and work in.

7. Who was the cook at La Clayette?
(a) Alain Fontanel.
(b) Genevieve Mangan.
(c) Swan Letellier.
(d) Chantal Williamson.

8. How does Philippe feel about Celia?
(a) He loves her.
(b) He is suspicious of her.
(c) He despises her.
(d) He has neutral feelings about her.

9. In Chapter 75, who is buried?
(a) Gabriel Prudent.
(b) Father Cedric.
(c) Father Toussaint.
(d) Pierre Georges.

10. In Chapter 62, where does Gabriel come to try to find Irene?
(a) Her husband's job.
(b) The library.
(c) Her church.
(d) Her shop.

11. How old does Sasha tell Violette he was when he had his first garden?
(a) 19.
(b) 40.
(c) 50.
(d) 9.

12. What personal information does Sasha tell Violette about himself in Chapter 67?
(a) He is really a priest.
(b) He is gay.
(c) He has a chronic illness.
(d) He has a different name that what he is known by.

13. When does Violette stop celebrating her own birthdays?
(a) Right after she begins working at the cemetery.
(b) After the earthquake.
(c) After her divorce.
(d) Right after Leonine's death in 1993.

14. What does Violette do at the cemetery that is above and beyond what she is paid to do?
(a) Closes the gates at night.
(b) Cuts the grass.
(c) Sings at the funerals.
(d) Keeps meticulous written records of what is said at the funerals.

15. What is in the parcel with no name on it that Violette receives in 1995?
(a) A cake.
(b) A memorial plaque for Leonine.
(c) Her favorite book.
(d) A good bottle of wine.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 50, what words from a Johnny Halladay song come to Irene when she is with Gabriel?

2. What does Violette think is particularly strange about the official story of what happened at La Clayette the night Leonine died?

3. In Chapter 69, where does Julien invite Violette on the spur of the moment?

4. In Chapter 71, where does Irene travel on an impulse to meet Gabriel again?

5. In Chapter 51, what is the official story of how the fire at La Clayette started?

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