View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who usurps Marguerite from her place in the spotlight performing?
(a) M. Pujol.
(b) Duke of Wurtemburg.
(c) Matilda.
(d) Senesino.

2. What does Mother say about scars?
(a) That they make a person wise.
(b) That they are ugly.
(c) That they are beautiful.
(d) That they are remembrances.

3. Why does Mother wish she was slim and childless?
(a) So her husband would love her again.
(b) So she could be free.
(c) So she could date men.
(d) So she could be a model.

4. What does Matilda record her scientific observations in?
(a) Her fat rolls.
(b) Her shoe inserts.
(c) Her diary.
(d) Her scroll.

5. Who are Beatrice and Mimi?
(a) Madeleine's sisters.
(b) Madeleine's cousins.
(c) Madeleine's friends.
(d) Two beggar children from town.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Marguerite travel and sing in?

2. Who tells Madeleine to watch M. Jouy's face when it crumples?

3. What is wrong with M. Jouy?

4. Who does Madeleine tell about her game with M. Jouy?

5. Who is Madeleine?

Short Essay Questions

1. What types of things does Matilda record in her diary?

2. Why does the gypsy troupe begin to despair about their current situation? How is this remedied?

3. Describe the physical attributes of Matilda. What is so special about her?

4. What does Mother do with all of the fruit Madeleine dreams up?

5. Why is Madeleine disappointed in the gypsy camp?

6. Why did Saint Michel wish to be beaten and punished?

7. How does Madeleine get separated from the girls at the convent?

8. Who is Marguerite?

9. How does Madeleine feel about M. Pujol by the end of Part One?

10. Who commissions the viol and why?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 646 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample