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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was overthrown in the 1830 July Revolution in France?
(a) James V.
(b) Mark III.
(c) Edward VII.
(d) Charles X.

2. Approximately how old is Gavroche in Book I of Part III – Marius?
(a) 15-16.
(b) 11-12.
(c) 6-7.
(d) 8-9.

3. Where does Marius live in Book VIII of Part III – Marius?
(a) Digne.
(b) Petit-Picpus.
(c) The Gorbeau House.
(d) The Bardienne House.

4. Book VII of Part IV – Saint Denis focuses on what?
(a) The Napoleonic Wars.
(b) Parisian street slang.
(c) A detailed family history of Cosette.
(d) The history of the French monarchy.

5. To what park does Marius go daily in Book II of Part IV – Saint Denis?
(a) Luxembourg Gardens.
(b) Parc des Buttes Chaumont.
(c) Parc de Belleville.
(d) Field of the Lark.

6. After discovering the handkerchief he believes is Cosette’s, Marius re-nicknames her what in Part III – Marius?
(a) Eponine.
(b) Ursula.
(c) Azelma.
(d) Fantine.

7. What is written on the message that Marius hurls through the window in Book VIII of Part III – Marius?
(a) “Run!”
(b) “The cops are here.”
(c) “Ransom: 200 francs.”
(d) “Help me!”

8. Gavroche pickpockets the thief who took Jean Valjean’s money and he throws it over whose wall in Book IV of Part IV – Saint Denis?
(a) Marius Pontmercy’s.
(b) Combeferre’s.
(c) Father Mabeuf’s.
(d) Monsieur Gillenormand’s.

9. What is the title of Book VII in Part IV – Saint Denis?
(a) “Aid from Below or from Above.”
(b) “Argot.”
(c) “Little Gavroche.”
(d) “Where Are They Going?”

10. In the letter that was left to Marius by his father, he is instructed to find a young man with what name in Book III of Part III – Marius?
(a) Thénardier.
(b) Pontmercy.
(c) Magloire.
(d) Gillenormand.

11. The street urchin named Gavroche in Part III – Marius is actually whose son?
(a) The Thénardiers.
(b) The Gillenormands.
(c) The Pontmercys.
(d) The Tholomyes.

12. Where did the insurgents in the Paris Uprising of 1832 make their stronghold?
(a) Vernon.
(b) Montreuil-sur-mer.
(c) The Faubourg Saint-Martin.
(d) Petit-Picpus.

13. What does Javert give to Marius after Marius tells him of the plot of his neighbors in Book VIII of Part III – Marius?
(a) 2 pistols.
(b) A pistol and a rifle.
(c) 1 rifle.
(d) 1 shotgun.

14. What is the title of Book V of Part IV – Saint Denis?
(a) “Mire, but Soul.”
(b) “The Grandfather and the Grandson.”
(c) “Little Gavroche.”
(d) “An End Unlike the Beginning.”

15. What is the name of the churchwarden who tells Marius in Book III of Part III – Marius that his father came to Mass to see him?
(a) Enjolras.
(b) Gavroche.
(c) Mabeuf.
(d) Javert.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Jean Valjean escape at the end of Book VIII of Part III – Marius?

2. From what location does Gavroche rescue Thénardier in Book VI of Part IV – Saint Denis?

3. What group in 1830 supported the deposed Bourbon dynasty?

4. In what Paris suburb does Eponine tell Marius Cosette is living in Book II of Part IV – Saint Denis?

5. What neighbor of Marius’s introduces him to the Friends of the ABC in Part III – Marius?

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