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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. By what name does Fauchelevent address Jean Valjean when he first meets him in Book V of Part II – Cosette?
(a) Monsieur Gillenormand.
(b) Monsieur Mabeuf.
(c) Monsieur Thenardier.
(d) Monsieur Madeleine.

2. What holiday is it when Cosette is introduced in Book III of Part II – Cosette?
(a) Christmas Eve.
(b) Easter Sunday.
(c) Halloween.
(d) New Year's Eve.

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

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

5. 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 silver coin.
(b) A loaf of bread.
(c) Silver candlesticks.
(d) A bag of money.

6. Where does Cosette enroll in school in Book VIII of Part II – Cosette?
(a) At the convent.
(b) At a public Paris school.
(c) In England.
(d) In Belgium.

7. It is October of what year that Jean Valjean enters Digne in Book II of Part I – Fantine?
(a) 1826.
(b) 1809.
(c) 1815.
(d) 1802.

8. Why was Jean Valjean’s prison sentence extended?
(a) For going on a hunger strike.
(b) For attempting escape.
(c) For talking back to the guards.
(d) For fighting.

9. Jean Valjean held what profession before he was incarcerated?
(a) A tree-trimmer.
(b) A miner.
(c) A stable-hand.
(d) A butcher.

10. The narrator says that Monsieur Madeleine arrived in Montreuil in what year in Book V of Part I – Fantine?
(a) 1818.
(b) 1830.
(c) 1822.
(d) 1815.

11. In Book VI of Part I – Fantine, Javert claims that he has positively identified Champmathieu as Valjean and states that he is leaving for where to testify in the trial the following day?
(a) Lyon.
(b) Arras.
(c) Montreuil-sur-mer.
(d) Toulon.

12. What is the title of Book III in Part I – Fantine?
(a) “Paris Atomized.”
(b) “In the Year 1817.”
(c) “To Trust is Sometimes to Surrender.”
(d) “Cemeteries Take What is Given Them.”

13. To how many years in prison was Jean Valjean initially sentenced for stealing a loaf of bread?
(a) 1.
(b) 8.
(c) 5.
(d) 12.

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

15. Who was defeated at the Battle of Waterloo?
(a) Napoleon Bonaparte.
(b) Jean Casimir-Perier.
(c) Jules Grévy.
(d) Émile Loubet.

Short Answer Questions

1. By what nickname does Jean Valjean become known when he stays at the Gorbeau House in Book IV of Part II – Cosette?

2. What is the title of Book IV of Part I – Fantine?

3. By what year does the narrator say in Book VII of Part II – Cosette that there are no new recruits and the nuns of the convent begin to die off?

4. How many years have passed since Fantine has been to her hometown in Book V of Part I – Fantine?

5. What is the title of Book VIII of Part II – Cosette?

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