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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. Madeleine looks beautiful while she is doing what?
(a) Sleeping.
(b) Crying.
(c) Reading.
(d) Eating.

2. Why does Papa grow impatient at his orchard?
(a) Not enough fruit falls to the ground.
(b) Too much fruit litters the ground.
(c) Bugs litter the ground.
(d) The wrong fruit falls to the ground.

3. Why is Charlotte sad as she plays along with M. Pujol's cries during the night?
(a) She misses her husband.
(b) She misses her father.
(c) She misses her viol.
(d) She misses her home.

4. Mother says that only a saint's bones can smell like what?
(a) Daisies.
(b) Marigolds.
(c) Petunias.
(d) Roses.

5. Which character suffers from nightmares?
(a) Charlotte.
(b) Madeleine.
(c) M. Pujol.
(d) Marguerite.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Madeleine feel about her helplessness?

2. What does Matilda say her droppings smell like?

3. What does the gypsy mama use to cut apart Madeleine's dress?

4. What is Mother's heirloom?

5. Madeleine says her hand looks like what after it has healed?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Madeleine disappointed in the gypsy camp?

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

3. How does M. Pujol feel about posing for the old widow?

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

5. Why does M. Pujol cry and make mournful sounds in his sleep?

6. Why does Mother plunge Madeleine's hands into a pot of boiling lye?

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

8. Who is Madeleine?

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

10. How does Charlotte feel about the viol?

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