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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What word or phrase best describes Michel's persona in Part 1, Chapters 5-7?
(a) Positive.
(b) Positive, yet cruel to his wife.
(c) Negative and very cruel to his wife.
(d) Negative.

2. Why does Michel grow to respect and love his wife during his illness?
(a) He knows she will have to make a living for the family.
(b) He appreciates her artwork.
(c) She has a beautiful voice and sings to him while he is sick.
(d) For her practicality and kindness in nursing him back to health.

3. Why do Michel and his wife choose to move in the spring?
(a) They hope the fresh air will help Marceline's recovery.
(b) So someone else can take care of Marceline.
(c) They want to get away to another country.
(d) They think the social life will boost Marceline's spirits.

4. What is the main character's nationality?
(a) Italian.
(b) South American.
(c) French.
(d) American.

5. Why does Marceline immediately dislike Michel's new friend in Part 2, Chapter 2?
(a) He made a pass at her when Michel wasn't in the room.
(b) He is not in their same social class.
(c) He is a drunkard and made a fool of himself at their party.
(d) She believes he is a bad influence on her husband.

Short Answer Questions

1. Michel befriends another of Bocage's sons. What is his name?

2. What happens to Marceline while Michel is visiting his friend?

3. Which is an example of personification?

4. Where does Michel's wife sit on completion of her carriage ride into town in Part 1, Chapter 8?

5. In what month does Part 2, Chapter 1 begin?

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