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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does the person leave the family estate in autumn?
(a) To return to the experimental farm.
(b) To retire.
(c) To return to the university.
(d) To have the baby.

2. Who attends an open house hosted by Michel and his wife in Part 2, Chapter 2?
(a) Menalque.
(b) Bocage.
(c) Motkir.
(d) Charles.

3. How many men are sent to clear out some of the trees on the family estate?
(a) Five.
(b) Four.
(c) Two.
(d) Six.

4. Who dies in Part 3?
(a) Motkir.
(b) Ali.
(c) Menalque.
(d) Marceline.

5. Which two friends are both irreverent and disdainful of Parisian society?
(a) Charles and Bocage.
(b) Charles and Motkir.
(c) Menalque and Michel.
(d) Michel and Charles.

6. Which is an example of alliteration?
(a) "The autumn was advancing."
(b) "Autumn was kicking summer out the door."
(c) "The leaves drift aimlessly."
(d) "The nights melted."

7. Which is an example of simile?
(a) "The autumn was advancing."
(b) "The days were yoked to the days and the slightest emotion could be read on Marceline's face."
(c) "Night melted into morning."
(d) "Just as a breath of wind sometimes ripples smooth water, the slightest emotion could be read on Marceline's face."

8. Michel befriends another of Bocage's sons. What is his name?
(a) Alcide.
(b) Motkir.
(c) Roger.
(d) Charles.

9. Who has convulsions?
(a) Marceline.
(b) Ali.
(c) Michel.
(d) Motkir.

10. When do Michel and his wife depart for their new destination?
(a) Immediately.
(b) Five months after Michel first mentions that he'd like to go.
(c) Five days after Michel mentions that he'd like to go.
(d) They don't go. They stay at the family estate.

11. Who must leave the family estate when autumn arrives?
(a) Marceline.
(b) Michel.
(c) Charles.
(d) Bocage.

12. What kind of housing do Michel and his wife choose when they move in Part 2, Chapter 2?
(a) An old castle.
(b) They live with his wife's brother.
(c) The family estate.
(d) An apartment.

13. Who expresses concern about the expenditures of the new furnishings in Part 2, Chapter 2?
(a) Bocage.
(b) Marceline.
(c) Michel.
(d) Michel's brother-in-law.

14. Why does Michel approve the expenditures for furnishings in Part 2, Chapter 2?
(a) He was bullied into it by his brother-in-law.
(b) He hopes it will curb his impulses to wander.
(c) To make his wife happy.
(d) To impress Charles.

15. Where does Michel want to go when leaving the family estate?
(a) London.
(b) Italy.
(c) Spain.
(d) South America.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who coughs up blood in Part 3?

3. What makes Marceline feel that she is dispensable to Michel?

4. Why does Michel decide to start supervising the work crews?

5. According to Michel's friend in Part 2, Chapter 2, having possessions gives a man...

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