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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 does Violette say she would like to slip into Leonine's coffin?

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

3. What does Violette do at the cemetery that is above and beyond what she is paid to do?

4. In Chapter 77, who writes to Violette telling her he wants her to take over his job from him?

5. Who were Sasha's children?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 65, what does Genevieve assure Philippe of?

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

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

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

5. How does Violette meet Sasha?

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

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

8. In Chapter 55, why does Violette go to see Swan Letellier?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

What do you think Perrin wishes to convey with her descriptions of different main characters' behavior and feelings towards animals, especially the cemetery cats? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 3

How does Violette come to feel about Mother and Father Toussaint by the end of the novel, and why? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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