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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 do when Philippe tells her the trial's verdict?
(a) Goes to the cemetery to be at Leonine's grave.
(b) Gets a knife and tries to stab him.
(c) Just says, "right," and goes back to work.
(d) Screams and cries.

2. What does Sasha tell Violette grows on their own, and pretty much everywhere?
(a) Cherry tomatoes.
(b) Mint.
(c) Cactuses.
(d) Eggplant.

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

4. Who thinks about her affair with Philippe in Chapter 57?
(a) Genevieve Mangan.
(b) Francois Pelletier.
(c) Eloise Petit.
(d) Swan Letellier.

5. In Chapter 54, what does Violette conclude Julien knows how to do well?
(a) Dance.
(b) Love.
(c) Write.
(d) Sing.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 59, the epigraph says what about the tree?

2. What does Violette neglect to do after Leonine's death that people think is strange?

3. Who does Father Cedric tell Violette he has adored?

4. In Chapter 50, what words from a Johnny Halladay song come to Irene when she is with Gabriel?

5. What does the epigraph in Chapter 66 say is the first sorrow one weeps over without her mother?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Violette meet Sasha?

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

3. In Chapter 43, what happens to Leonine?

4. In Chapter 76, why does Philippe go to Luc's and Francoise's garage?

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

6. What does Violette sometimes sell to mourners, and why?

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

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

9. In Chapter 48, what condition does Violette set for joining Julien for dinner?

10. When does Violette stop celebrating her own birthday, and why?

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