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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II - Cosette.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Fantine is fired from her job at the factory for what reason in Book V of Part I – Fantine?
(a) Calling in sick.
(b) Telling a customer off.
(c) Stealing.
(d) Immorality.

2. What does M. Myriel insist that Jean Valjean take with him when he is brought back to Myriel’s home by the police?
(a) Silver candlesticks.
(b) A silver coin.
(c) A loaf of bread.
(d) A bag of money.

3. What is the second thing that Fantine sells in order to make money when she becomes desperate after losing her job at the factory?
(a) Her horse.
(b) Her house.
(c) Her hair.
(d) Her front teeth.

4. With whom did Charles Myriel have a chance encounter in 1806 which led to his current position?
(a) Napoleon Bonaparte.
(b) Adolphe Thiers.
(c) Jean-Jacques Dessalines.
(d) Louis XVIII.

5. By what nickname does Jean Valjean become known when he stays at the Gorbeau House in Book IV of Part II – Cosette?
(a) “The Saint of the forgotten.”
(b) “The beggar who gives alms.”
(c) “The monster of the night.”
(d) “The thief of the old hotel.”

Short Answer Questions

1. Jean Valjean crosses the River Seine over what in Book V of Part II – Cosette?

2. Who is Cosette’s mother in the novel?

3. What is the largest industry in Montreuil, according to the narrator in Part I – Fantine?

4. Fauchelevent believes that Valjean is hiding from whom in Book VIII of Part II – Cosette?

5. What is the title of Book III in Part I – Fantine?

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