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

2. In Chapter 55, who is the first person from La Clayette that Violette goes to see to ask about Leonine?
(a) Swan.
(b) Eloise.
(c) Genevieve.
(d) Edith.

3. 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) Sings at the funerals.
(c) Keeps meticulous written records of what is said at the funerals.
(d) Cuts the grass.

4. Who does Violette compare Sasha to in Chapter 57?
(a) Philippe.
(b) Father Cedric.
(c) Julien Seul.
(d) A character from her favorite book, WIlbur Larch.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In Chapter 75, who is buried?

3. In Chapter 73, who do Philippe and Violette learned has killed herself?

4. What writer wrote," Words left unspoken go off to scream deep inside us?"

5. What personal information does Sasha tell Violette about himself in Chapter 67?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Violette meet Sasha?

2. In Chapter 69, how does Violette react to Nathan, Julien's son?

3. In Chapter 53, how does Sasha treat Violette when they meet?

4. In Chapter 51, what does the investigation into Leonine's death reveal?

5. In Chapter 80, why does Philippe go to see Edith Croquevielle?

6. In Chapter 42, what does Violette do on the beach in Calanque de Sormiou?

7. What does Sasha eventually tell Violette of his own life's tragedies?

8. In Chapter 79, what does Irene do to take care of her husband Paul?

9. In Chapter 62, what does Irene do to Gabriel?

10. How does Violette routinely dress?

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