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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 does Madeleine see tenderly fixing M. Pujol's tie and caressing his face?
(a) The widow.
(b) Adrien.
(c) Charlotte.
(d) Marguerite.

2. Who does the widow see tangled together beneath the bushes?
(a) Charlotte and Adrien.
(b) Marguerite and Adrien.
(c) M. Pujol and Adrien.
(d) Madeleine and Adrien.

3. What is wrong with Emma's fingers?
(a) They are stubby.
(b) They are too strong.
(c) They are weak.
(d) They are long.

4. Who suffers the most from Adrien's clumsiness?
(a) M. Pujol.
(b) Charlotte.
(c) Madeleine.
(d) Marguerite.

5. How does the matron of the hospital feel about M. Jouy?
(a) She feels sorry for the insane man.
(b) She feels confused about him.
(c) She feels that he may have a bit of sanity left in him.
(d) She feels disgusted.

Short Answer Questions

1. In M. Pujol's story, what type of fish is eating all of the other fish in the pond?

2. Who does M. Pujol see quarreling behind the bushes?

3. What is the name of M. Pujol's past love who attended sixteen of his performances?

4. What happened to the fish in the widow's pond after it was struck by lightning?

5. Why does M. Pujol refuse to flee the hospital with Madeleine and Adrien?

Short Essay Questions

1. List some of the rules Beatrice made up for playing "The Madeleine Game."

2. Why does Madeleine gather gravel to drop on top of M. Pujol's caravan?

3. Why do Madeleine and Adrien travel to the Institute for the Study of Aberrant Behaviors and Conditions? Who is there?

4. Why does Madeleine get upset when she is compared to the Abbott who tortured Saint Michel?

5. What does Madeleine see M. Pujol and Adiren doing when she is hiding behind the curtain?

6. How does M. Pujol feel about being paddled by Madeleine?

7. Why does Mother blame Madeleine for her troubles with the town's people?

8. How does the Mayor and his eldest daughter treat Mother when she visits their house? Why?

9. Why does M. Pujol tell Madeleine the story of the widow and the carp?

10. Why does Madeleine's sleeping form begin to develop bruises?

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