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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Madeleine says her hand looks like what after it has healed?
2. Who is Mother?
3. What punishment does Madeleine receive for playing her game with M. Jouy?
4. Who orders a new viol?
5. How does Madeleine feel when she sees her newly finished dresses?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why did Saint Michel wish to be beaten and punished?
2. Who is M. Pujol?
3. Why is Madeleine disappointed in the gypsy camp?
4. Who is the widow?
5. Why does Mother plunge Madeleine's hands into a pot of boiling lye?
6. Why does M. Pujol cry and make mournful sounds in his sleep?
7. How does Madeleine feels about her impairment when she is in the convent in Paris?
8. How does Madeleine feel about M. Pujol by the end of Part One?
9. Why does Jean-Luc climb the trellis attached to his house?
10. How does Charlotte feel about the viol?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Age is a fleeting and ambiguous thing in Madeleine is Sleeping. Mother wishes to have her youth back. Madeleine acts in ways that are perhaps inappropriate for someone so young. Write an essay focusing on how age plays an important role in the story. How are relationships developed or complicated by age? How old is Madeleine? Is she a girl or a young woman? Explain your rationale by providing examples from the novel.
Essay Topic 2
Toward the end of the story, Madeleine makes a fool of herself. She also horrifies her audience when her hands change back to their disfigured state. Despite her best efforts, she is unable to convince them verbally that she is special. She is forced to submit to the stares of pity they rain down upon her. Write an essay giving reason to the actions Madeleine takes after the audience shuns her. Why does she lay down on the stage? How does closing her eyes and falling asleep restore some semblance of respectability and innocence to her? Explain your rationale by providing examples from the novel.
Essay Topic 3
Madeleine and M. Jouy share a relationship that is both shocking and inappropriate for a girl her age. The girls in town find it amusing to fondle M. Jouy, they make a game out of it. When Madeleine joins in, she finds her time with M. Jouy to be entrancing. After M. Jouy is taken away and Madeleine is punished by Mother, he sends her drawings. Write an essay explaining why M. Jouy's attentions are for Madeleine and not the other girls in the village. How does Mother use his feelings later on in the story for her own purposes? Is Madeleine ever aware of her mother's intentions? Use examples from the book to support your argument.
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