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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. How old does Sasha tell Violette he was when he had his first garden?

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

3. Whose funeral is one of the most beautiful Violette has ever attended?

4. What does Sasha tell Violette grows on their own, and pretty much everywhere?

5. In Chapter 51, what is the official story of how the fire at La Clayette started?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. In Chapter 43, what happens to Leonine?

8. Why does Violette not attend Leonine's funeral?

9. How does Violette routinely dress?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What kind of kinship or sympathy does Perrin establish between Irene and Violette, and how does she establish this feeling/connection? 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

What other mysteries, besides that of the nature and facts of Leonine's death, does Perrin explore in the sub-plots of this novel? Write an essay explaining your answers.

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