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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. Who is Marguerite?
(a) A pianist.
(b) A jazz musician.
(c) A singer.
(d) A composer.

2. Who is Matilda?
(a) The poor woman who lives in the village.
(b) The fat woman who lives in the village.
(c) The rich woman who lives in the village.
(d) The whore who lives in the village.

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

4. Who picks Madeleine out from the crowd and wraps her in string?
(a) Nuns.
(b) Bandits.
(c) Merchants.
(d) Gypsies.

5. What does Charlotte wish she had?
(a) Buttons.
(b) Holes.
(c) Beads.
(d) Strings.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is revealed after the ball of string has been unraveled?

2. Who orders a new viol?

3. What does Matilda say her droppings smell like?

4. Who cleans up Madeleine when she menstruates?

5. Who is the impostor that wipes Madeleine's skin with rosewater?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who is Marguerite?

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

4. Who is the widow?

5. How did M. Pujol lose his place on stage? Who replaced him?

6. Who commissions the viol and why?

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

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

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

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

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