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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3: Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why don't the fireworks go off at the end of the agricultural fair?
(a) The speeches go too long, and there isn't time to set them off.
(b) Some local boys have stolen them.
(c) They have gotten wet.
(d) They were bought from a disreputable seller.

2. How does Homais cover up Emma's suicide?
(a) He says she was murdered by Lhereux.
(b) He says she mistook arsenic for sugar.
(c) He says that she had a heart attack.
(d) He says that she suffered from delusions.

3. What happens to Berthe when Emma returns from her meeting with Abbé Bournisien?
(a) She becomes feverish and needs medical care.
(b) She is sent back to stay with the wet nurse.
(c) She goes to stay with Emma's father.
(d) She falls and cuts her face.

4. How does Homais want Charles to help him?
(a) By helping him write a speech for a prestigious scientific society.
(b) By helping him study to become a doctor.
(c) By overseeing his advice to clients.
(d) By taking over the pharmacy once he retires.

5. What do Léon and Emma do during their time together?
(a) All answers are correct.
(b) Lie in the grass.
(c) Go on a boat ride.
(d) Eat in a tavern.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Emma receives Rodolphe's letter breaking it off with her, what is her first thought to do?

2. Where does Charles think Emma has gone?

3. What does Emma's father do after the funeral?

4. Who do Charles and Emma run into at the opera?

5. Who came to the convent to tell fantastic stories to the girls there?

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