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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 does Violette believe about holidays, or vacations?
(a) One has to merit them.
(b) They are free to everyone.
(c) They are only for the wealthy.
(d) They are unneccessary.

2. What is Violette's job when she first meets her husband?
(a) Lawyer.
(b) Librarian.
(c) Bartender.
(d) Doctor.

3. Who is Violette's lawyer?
(a) Mr. Hobone.
(b) Mr. Rouault.
(c) Mr. Ruynot.
(d) Mr. Brancion.

4. What does Mother Toussaint insist on calling Leonine?
(a) Catherine.
(b) Chantal.
(c) Elizabeth.
(d) Jennifer.

5. In Chapter 13, what does the epigraph say is stronger than death?
(a) Time.
(b) Happiness.
(c) Love.
(d) The presence of those absent in the memory of the living.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of clothes does Violette wear when she is working?

2. Who writes Violette the first love letter she has ever received?

3. In Chapter 26, what will visitors regularly leave on tombs?

4. In Chapter 41, who takes Leonine on holiday?

5. What does Gabriel do for a living?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Violette do as cemetery care-taker that is above and beyond what she needs to do?

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

5. How does Violette become friends with Celia?

6. How does Philippe routinely betray Violette in their marriage?

7. How does Violette feel about the cemetery cats?

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

9. What does Violette do once she locates Philippe Toussaint after almost 20 years of separation?

10. What book captivates Violette, and why?

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