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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Magloire.
(b) Pontmercy.
(c) Thénardier.
(d) Gillenormand.

2. 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) Javert.
(c) Mabeuf.
(d) Gavroche.

3. How does Jean Valjean escape at the end of Book VIII of Part III – Marius?
(a) Through the window.
(b) Through the basement.
(c) Through the attic.
(d) Through the sewers.

4. What group in 1830 supported the deposed Bourbon dynasty?
(a) The Bonapartists.
(b) The Exclusionists.
(c) The Legitimists.
(d) The Democrats.

5. Marius Pontmercy’s father was a colonel in whose army?
(a) Gavroche Pontmercy.
(b) Enjolras Pontmercy.
(c) Theodule Pontmercy.
(d) Georges Pontmercy.

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

7. Where does Marius pronounce his love for Cosette in Book V of Part IV – Saint Denis?
(a) In a cemetery.
(b) In the garden.
(c) In a church.
(d) In a tavern.

8. Cosette spends her time in Book III of Part IV – Saint Denis longing for the young man from where?
(a) Les Halles.
(b) Vernon.
(c) Luxembourg Gardens.
(d) Toulon.

9. In Book VI of Part IV – Saint Denis, Gavroche discovers two abandoned hungry children and uses his money to buy them food without realizing they are what?
(a) Spies for the government.
(b) His younger brothers.
(c) The policeman’s sons.
(d) His cousins.

10. Where does Jean Valjean announce he is taking Cosette in Book VIII of Part IV – Saint Denis?
(a) Russia.
(b) England.
(c) Belgium.
(d) America.

11. The Friends of the ABC is a fictional society that is based on what historical association?
(a) Underground Polish Society.
(b) Republican Society of Secrecy.
(c) Society of the Brotherhood.
(d) Society of the Rights of Man.

12. Gavroche’s makeshift home in Book VI of Part IV – Saint Denis is located near the entrance of what?
(a) The Vernon prison.
(b) Petit-Picpus.
(c) The Eiffel tower.
(d) The Bastille prison.

13. The Friends of the ABC is led by what fiery student in Part III – Marius?
(a) Tholomyes.
(b) Grantaire.
(c) Enjolras.
(d) Theodule.

14. What thief pounces on Jean Valjean in Book IV of Part IV – Saint Denis?
(a) Tholomyes.
(b) Fauchelevent.
(c) Montparnasse.
(d) Gavroche.

15. Before he learns Cosette’s name, Marius refers to her as what nickname in Part III – Marius?
(a) Epinone.
(b) Madeleine.
(c) Lanoire.
(d) Azelma.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Jean Valjean give to the thief who attacks him after he’s pinned the thief to the ground in Book IV of Part IV – Saint Denis?

3. Book VII of Part IV – Saint Denis focuses on what?

4. Approximately how many total casualties came about in the Paris Uprising of 1832?

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

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