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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 the impostor that wipes Madeleine's skin with rosewater?
2. Which character suffers from nightmares?
3. What toys does Matilda agree to retrieve?
4. Who is Mother?
5. What do the children in town throw at Matilda as she passes?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does Jean-Luc climb the trellis attached to his house?
2. What does Mother do with all of the fruit Madeleine dreams up?
3. How did M. Pujol lose his place on stage? Who replaced him?
4. Why does Mother plunge Madeleine's hands into a pot of boiling lye?
5. Why does the gypsy troupe begin to despair about their current situation? How is this remedied?
6. Who is Madeleine?
7. How does Madeleine feel about M. Pujol by the end of Part One?
8. How does M. Pujol feel about posing for the old widow?
9. Who is the widow?
10. Who is Marguerite?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
When Madeleine decides to build a stage, she becomes single minded about it. She is unconcerned about how difficult or time consuming the task might be. All she wants is for M. Pujol to have somewhere to perform. Write an essay explaining whether Madeleine's expectations for building a stage are realistic or unrealistic. Is she being reasonable by thinking that she can take on such a monumental project by herself? What does Adrien think of her task? Use examples from the book to support your argument.
Essay Topic 2
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.
Essay Topic 3
The world in which Madeleine lives in is both realistic and fantastic. The fluidity of the story is successful in large part because of how the story easily transitions from real world to dream world. Having such an easy transition often blurs the line between the two worlds. Write an essay detailing how events and characters at times exist in both worlds. Is the story helped or hurt by these things? What explanation is given to explain why Madeleine is a conduit for these occurrences? Explain your rationale by providing examples from the novel.
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