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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Book II of Part II – Cosette, newspaper articles suggest that Jean Valjean withdrew how many francs just before his arrest?
(a) 700,000.
(b) 1,300,000.
(c) 159,000.
(d) 425,000.

2. What is the title of Book VIII of Part I – Fantine?
(a) “The Excellence of Misfortune.”
(b) “The Ship Orion.”
(c) “The Grand Bourgeois.”
(d) “A Counter-Blow.”

3. Fauchelevent tells the nuns that Jean Valjean is his brother named what in Book VIII of Part II – Cosette?
(a) Javert.
(b) Bahorel.
(c) Ultimus.
(d) Courfeyrac.

4. What nickname has Charles Myriel earned which translates to “welcome” in English?
(a) Bruneseau.
(b) Lanoire.
(c) Ultimus.
(d) Bienvenu.

5. What officer promises to always remember Thénardier for saving his life in Book I of Part II – Cosette?
(a) Georges Pontmercy.
(b) Charles Myriel.
(c) Martin Verga.
(d) Theodule Gillenormand.

6. Fauchelevent believes that Valjean is hiding from whom in Book VIII of Part II – Cosette?
(a) Creditors.
(b) Javert.
(c) Beggars.
(d) His family.

7. What is the name of Fantine’s daughter in Part I – Fantine?
(a) Cosette.
(b) Mademoiselle Gillenormand.
(c) Eponine.
(d) Mademoiselle Baptistine.

8. What is the title of Book IV of Part I – Fantine?
(a) “Cemeteries Take What is Given Them.”
(b) “To Trust is Sometimes to Surrender.”
(c) “Paris Atomized.”
(d) “A Dark Chase Requires a Silent Hound.”

9. How old is Cosette when she is introduced in Book III of Part II – Cosette?
(a) 8.
(b) 4.
(c) 11.
(d) 16.

10. What does Jean Valjean steal from M. Myriel in Part I – Fantine?
(a) Brass coins.
(b) Silverware.
(c) A lantern.
(d) A loaf of bread.

11. What is the name of the old road-mender seen digging holes in the forest in Montfermeil in Book II of Part II – Cosette?
(a) Gavroche.
(b) Joly.
(c) Javert.
(d) Boulatruelle.

12. The Orion is a warship that is said to be docked where in Book II of Part II – Cosette?
(a) Lyon.
(b) Montreuil-sur-mer.
(c) Toulon.
(d) Arras.

13. What nation was victorious at the Battle of Waterloo?
(a) Great Britain.
(b) The United States.
(c) Brazil.
(d) France.

14. Whom does Jean Valjean rescue in Part I – Fantine by lifting him from underneath a fallen carriage?
(a) Bahorel.
(b) Gavroche.
(c) Tholomyes.
(d) Fauchelevent.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year was Charles Myriel born?

2. Who is the convict on the chain gang who saves the sailor from drowning on the Orion in Book II of Part II – Cosette?

3. What are the two luxuries that Charles Myriel holds onto out of consideration for his housekeeper?

4. What is the name of Fantine’s hometown to which she returns in order to find work in Part I – Fantine?

5. What is the second thing that Fantine sells in order to make money when she becomes desperate after losing her job at the factory?

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