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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In Part 2, Chapter 3, where does Michel prefer to sleep?
(a) At a hotel.
(b) In the barn.
(c) On the floor.
(d) In his bed.

3. Where has the 18-year-old man (in Part 2, Chapter 1) been working before returning to Michel's family estate?
(a) At an experimental farm.
(b) In a church.
(c) At an animal treatment facility.
(d) In a commune.

4. How does Michel feel about Marceline's news?
(a) He tells her to leave France.
(b) He avoids her.
(c) He wants her to leave the house.
(d) He feels a new tenderness toward her.

5. Where do Michel and his wife move in the spring?
(a) Florence.
(b) To her brother's home.
(c) Paris.
(d) La Moriniere.

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

7. In Part 2, Chapter 3, which character misses dinner due to illness?
(a) Charles.
(b) Bocage.
(c) Marceline.
(d) Michel.

8. Which friend does Michel see when leaving his classroom one day?
(a) Menalque.
(b) Bocage.
(c) Motkir.
(d) Charles.

9. How does Michel resolve the jealousy?
(a) He promises not to see the prostitute anymore and invites the jealous person to his bed.
(b) He tells the jealous person that he'll do what he wants to do.
(c) He starts seeing the prostitute in a different location.
(d) He gives the jealous person money to "forget" about it.

10. Is Michel interested in what the caretaker tries to explain?
(a) Yes, he appreciates the man's time.
(b) No, and he tells the man to never mind.
(c) No, but he pretends to be so he won't hurt the man's feelings.
(d) Yes, but he doesn't comprehend it easily.

11. When does Michel walk away from Marceline?
(a) When she tells him she knows his secret.
(b) When she yells at him.
(c) When she asks him to pray for her.
(d) When she tells him she doesn't love him.

12. Whose sister is a prostitute?
(a) Motkir.
(b) Roger.
(c) Ali.
(d) Menalque.

13. What news does Marceline share after arriving at the family estate?
(a) She hates France.
(b) She is sick.
(c) She wants to leave.
(d) She is pregnant.

14. What makes Marceline feel that she is dispensable to Michel?
(a) His impassive stare when she talks about her symptoms.
(b) He tells her that she is.
(c) Immediately.
(d) She reads his thoughts in a letter he has written.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who coughs up blood in Part 3?

2. Who must leave the family estate when autumn arrives?

3. Why does Michel approve the expenditures for furnishings in Part 2, Chapter 2?

4. Whose homosexual tendencies are surfacing stronger in Part 2, Chapter 1?

5. Where does Michel want to go when leaving the family estate?

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