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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 punishment does Madeleine receive for playing her game with M. Jouy?
2. Madeleine looks beautiful while she is doing what?
3. How does Madeline let her siblings know she has run away with gypsies?
4. What does Mother do with all of the excess fruit from the orchard?
5. Who does Madeleine tell about her game with M. Jouy?
Short Essay Questions
1. How did M. Pujol lose his place on stage? Who replaced him?
2. Who is M. Pujol?
3. Who is Madeleine?
4. How does Madeleine feels about her impairment when she is in the convent in Paris?
5. How does M. Pujol feel about posing for the old widow?
6. Who is the widow?
7. Why does the gypsy troupe begin to despair about their current situation? How is this remedied?
8. What types of things does Matilda record in her diary?
9. Why did Saint Michel wish to be beaten and punished?
10. How does Madeleine feel about M. Pujol by the end of Part One?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Mother makes many questionable parenting decisions throughout Madeleine is Sleeping. When she sends her children to break M. Jouy from the hospital, she does not think of their well being. Her plan is to simply free him so that he and Madeleine can be married. Write an essay on whether or not Mother is a fitting parent. Are the decisions she makes for her children good ones? Does she think about the what consequences her actions might lead to? Why or why not? Use examples from the book to support your argument.
Essay Topic 2
Religion plays a large role throughout the story. Madeleine is portrayed as a girl who idolizes her favorite saint, Saint Michel. She likes to think of herself as being akin to him. When the widow tells her that she is more like the Abbott than Saint Michel, she becomes angry. Write an essay explaining who Madeleine is more like, the Abbott or Saint Michel. Why? Was the widow correct in her opinion of Madeleine? What events or actions does Madeleine take that makes her more like one or the other? Use examples from the book to support your argument.
Essay Topic 3
Madeleine's father is rarely mentioned or seen throughout the story. From what we know of him, he is a man who works hard, once loved his wife, and lives a life overrun by children. Write an essay detailing why Madeleine's father scarcely appears in Madeleine is Sleeping. Which characters interact with him the most? What is learned from the conversations he does hold with others? Why does Mother think that he no longer loves her? Be sure the provide examples to support your opinions.
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