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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 work did Sasha used to do before becoming cemetery keeper?
(a) Engineering.
(b) He was a solicitor.
(c) Landscaping.
(d) Medicine.

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

3. In Chapter 69, who will take over Violette's duties while she is gone?
(a) Nono.
(b) Philippe.
(c) Sasha.
(d) Father Cedric.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many girls died in the fire at La Clayette?

2. Who was Sasha's wife?

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

4. What does Violette think is particularly strange about the official story of what happened at La Clayette the night Leonine died?

5. Where does Violette feel closest to Leonine?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In Chapter 73, what shocking news does Philippe receive about Genevieve?

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 51, what does the investigation into Leonine's death reveal?

6. How does Violette routinely dress?

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

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

9. What was Genevieve Mangan's connection with Philippe?

10. In Chapter 76, what does Fontanel tell Philippe about Leonine's death that is not in the official report?

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