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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 mother's death.
(d) Her husband's death.

2. In Chapter 50, what words from a Johnny Halladay song come to Irene when she is with Gabriel?
(a) Tonight, we are young.
(b) Hold back the night.
(c) We will set the world on fire.
(d) We will love forever.

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

4. When does Violette start visiting Sasha every other Sunday?
(a) August 2010.
(b) January 1996.
(c) March 2000
(d) November 1998.

5. 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.

6. What happens the last time the woman in Chapter 57 sees Philippe during their affair?
(a) He cuts her with a knife.
(b) He breaks her leg.
(c) He breaks her arm.
(d) He brings another man to have sex with her too.

7. Who is the only one to serve prison time for the fire at La Clayette?
(a) Genevieve Mangan.
(b) Eloise Petit.
(c) Edith Croquevielle.
(d) Swan Letellier.

8. In Chapter 53, where was Sasha the second time Violette saw him?
(a) In his garden.
(b) In the hospital.
(c) At the grave of his mother.
(d) In his kitchen.

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

10. How many girls died in the fire at La Clayette?
(a) 10.
(b) 4.
(c) 2.
(d) 9.

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

12. In 54, what does Violette compare herself to in her marriage to Philippe?
(a) A priest.
(b) A side dish.
(c) A foreigner.
(d) A box of chocolates.

13. What obsessed Philippe at the trial over Leonine's and the other girls' deaths?
(a) Eloise's voice.
(b) Swan's pants.
(c) Fontanel's face.
(d) Edith's sneer.

14. Who does Genevieve long expect will visit her?
(a) Fontanel.
(b) Eloise.
(c) Philippe.
(d) Edith.

15. In Chapter 59, the epigraph says what about the tree?
(a) It is only when the tree is lying down that one gets the measure of its stature.
(b) Trees have memory.
(c) Trees are only as strong as their weakest leaves.
(d) Planting trees in the shade never works.

Short Answer Questions

1. What work did Sasha used to do before becoming cemetery keeper?

2. In Chapter 67, who does Violette go to see announced?

3. In Chapter 73, what does Violette make Philippe promise her?

4. Who was the maintenance person at La Clayette?

5. What does Sasha tell Violette he did not realize he had to tend to in order to make his garden grow one year?

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