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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 does Charlotte take from the viol before she flees the estate?
(a) A piece of the wood.
(b) A peg.
(c) A string.
(d) Nothing.

2. Where does Marguerite travel and sing in?
(a) North America.
(b) Europe.
(c) South America.
(d) Africa.

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 be a model.
(d) So she could date men.

4. What does Mother use to line her pots of preserves?
(a) Tissue paper.
(b) Drawings.
(c) Wrapping paper.
(d) Newspaper.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which character suffers from nightmares?

3. Who usurps Marguerite from her place in the spotlight performing?

4. Who comes to kiss Madeleine?

5. Who does Charlotte marry?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Who is Madeleine?

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

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

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

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

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

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