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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Philippe's parents always do with Leonine at least once a year?

2. What is one of Violette's previous jobs?

3. What does VIolette first notice about her husband?

4. In Chapter 25, what is a mother's love defined as?

5. Where does Violette's friend that she first meets during the train strike live?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Who How does Philippe die?

4. What does Violette like about Philippe when they first meet?

5. How does Violette feel about the cemetery cats?

6. What is one reason Irene resists running off with Gabriel after their affair?

7. How does Violette become friends with Celia?

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

9. What book captivates Violette, and why?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

When and how does Perrin establish the ideas of "family" and "home" as seen through the orphaned Violette's eyes? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

How does Violette manage to find peace and even joy, but more pointedly, meaning and purpose in her work at the cemetery? Write an essay explaining your answers, using support from the text to support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

How does Perrin treat the topics of guilt and remorse, and what connections does she establish between these two topics? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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