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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. When did Irene and Gabriel meet for the first time?
(a) 1981.
(b) 1985.
(c) 1990.
(d) 1960.

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

3. In Chapter 24, what never takes a break, according to Violette?
(a) Taxes.
(b) Weather.
(c) Guilt.
(d) Death.

4. What does Violette tell the priest is inevitably part of love?
(a) Betrayal.
(b) Grief.
(c) Death.
(d) Jealousy.

5. What does Violette put on her rosebushes in Chapter 32?
(a) Chemicals.
(b) Ribbons.
(c) Fertilizer.
(d) Ladybird larvae.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is the priest who often officiates at the funerals?

3. Who gives Violette porcelain dolls as gifts?

4. In Chapter 14, what does Violette's husband spend a lot of time doing?

5. In Chapter 16, what does Violette name her daughter?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is a great equalizer, according to Violette in Chapter 1?

2. Who finds Philippe for Violette and why does this person do it?

3. Who How does Philippe die?

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

5. Why does Julien come to Violette at first?

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

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

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

9. How does Violette feel about the cemetery cats?

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

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