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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Mother Toussaint's first name?
(a) Violette.
(b) Chantal.
(c) Catherine.
(d) Elizabeth.

2. What does Violette make sure Leonine has when she is small?
(a) A lot of access to reading and good books.
(b) Money.
(c) Piano lessons.
(d) Swimming lessons.

3. Who is Julien's mother?
(a) Violette.
(b) Catherine.
(c) Irene.
(d) Bernadette.

4. In Chapter 40, who does Violette recognize as the unidentified victim of a car accident?
(a) Gabriel.
(b) Philippe.
(c) Paul.
(d) Julien.

5. In Chapter 41, who takes Leonine on holiday?
(a) The Caussin family.
(b) Father Cedric.
(c) Philippe, on his own.
(d) Leonine's teacher.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Violette do upon learning of Philippe's address in Chapter 31?

2. What animals does Violette take care of at the cemetery?

3. Why does Violette identify in some ways with characters in her favorite novel?

4. What is the only difference between Violette's closest neighbors?

5. Who does Violette first meet during the train strike?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does Leonine go on holiday, and whom with, in Chapter 41?

2. In Chapter 33, what is it that Irene first notices and likes about Gabriel?

3. How does Violette feel about the cemetery cats?

4. In Chapter 37, why does Philippe come to see Violette?

5. What was Violette's childhood like?

6. How does Violette get along with the other cemetery workers, the gravediggers and undertakers?

7. How does Violette describe Philippe's work ethic?

8. What happens shortly after Violette and Philippe move to the cemetery?

9. In Chapter 3, why do Violette and Philippe lose their jobs as level-crossing guards?

10. How does Violette become friends with Celia?

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