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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. What does Charlotte take from the viol before she flees the estate?
2. Who is Adrien?
3. Who comes to kiss Madeleine?
4. Madeleine says her hand looks like what after it has healed?
5. What punishment does Madeleine receive for playing her game with M. Jouy?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Mother do with all of the fruit Madeleine dreams up?
2. Why is Madeleine disappointed in the gypsy camp?
3. Who is the widow?
4. What types of things does Matilda record in her diary?
5. Why did Saint Michel wish to be beaten and punished?
6. Who is Marguerite?
7. Why does the gypsy troupe begin to despair about their current situation? How is this remedied?
8. Why does Mother plunge Madeleine's hands into a pot of boiling lye?
9. Who commissions the viol and why?
10. Who is M. Pujol?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
The widow is a woman of mystery. She is portrayed as both a person of wealth and lecherous taste. Hiring the troupe was not done out of love or respect for their talents. She simply wanted them to pose for sexually explicit and disturbing photographs for her.Write an essay explaining what is known about the widow. How does the story M. Pujol tell about her relevant to her disposition? What is revealed about the widow when she takes Madeleine inside into her private room to talk? Be sure the provide examples to support your work.
Essay Topic 2
Madeleine dreams of many fantastical people. How is each character unique in their own way? What purpose do the characters serve throughout the story? How would the story be different if all of the characters in it were normal and not fantastic in some way? Be sure the provide examples to support your opinions.
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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