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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. Who is Madeleine?

2. Which saint does Madeleine dream of?

3. Madeleine says her hand looks like what after it has healed?

4. How does Madeleine feel about her helplessness?

5. Madeleine wants to become which of the following?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Who is the widow?

4. How does Madeleine feel about M. Pujol by the end of Part One?

5. Who is Madeleine?

6. Why does Jean-Luc climb the trellis attached to his house?

7. Who commissions the viol and why?

8. What does Mother do with all of the fruit Madeleine dreams up?

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

10. Why is Madeleine disappointed in the gypsy camp?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

When Madeleine first meets up with the gypsies, she is disappointed that their camp is not what she envisioned it to be. In her eyes, the camp should have been colorful, fantastic, and not nearly so tidy. Write an essay detailing the first days Madeleine is with the gypsies. Who does she meet? What else about the gypsies is unusual or different from what she expected? Make sure to use examples from the novel to support your opinions.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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