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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of Cosette’s father in the novel?
(a) Jean Prouvaire.
(b) Theodule Gillenormand.
(c) Felix Tholomyes.
(d) Marius Pontmercy.

2. Fauchelevent helps Jean Valjean secure work as what in Book VIII of Part II – Cosette?
(a) A bellhop.
(b) A lumberjack.
(c) A banker.
(d) A gardener.

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 front teeth.
(b) Her house.
(c) Her hair.
(d) Her horse.

4. What is the name of the Thénardiers’ baby boy in Book III of Part II – Cosette?
(a) Combeferre.
(b) Javert.
(c) Gavroche.
(d) Enjolras.

5. With what do the nuns convince Fauchelevent to fill a coffin in order to avoid breaking Parisian law by burying a nun in the convent in Book VIII of Part II – Cosette?
(a) Flowers.
(b) Tree branches.
(c) Stones.
(d) Dirt.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the title of Book V of Part I – Fantine?

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

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

4. Fauchelevent tells Valjean that he and Cosette are in the garden of what convent in Book V of Part II – Cosette?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How has Jean Valjean changed after he’s been out of prison for two years in Part I – Fantine? How does Jean Valjean first encounter Fantine?

2. How is the character of Javert described in Part I – Fantine? What role does Javert play in the novel?

3. What is related in the newspaper article concerning the Orion in Book II of Part II – Cosette?

4. What was the significance of the Battle of Waterloo for the French, according to the narrator in Book I of Part II – Cosette?

5. What information is related from the character named Boulatruelle in Book II of Part II – Cosette?

6. How does Jean Valjean respond to the advice of Bishop Myriel in Book II of Part I – Fantine? Where do his actions lead him?

7. How does Jean Valjean escape and reenter the convent in Book VIII of Part II – Cosette?

8. What does Bishop Myriel impress upon Jean Valjean when he gives him the candlesticks in Book II of Part I – Fantine? How does Valjean react?

9. Where does Cosette meet Jean Valjean in Book III of Part II – Cosette? What are her impressions of him?

10. When and where does the narrative begin in Book I of Part I – Fantine? How is Bishop Myriel described?

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