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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are some of Félicité's chores?
(a) Bridle a horse, the washing, feeding the chickens.
(b) Nurse the children and tidy the nursery.
(c) Milk the cow, scythe the yard, and drive the carriage.
(d) Various carpentry jobs around the house.

2. What does the narrator consider "a remainder of better days"?
(a) Mme. Aubain's children.
(b) Drawings and etchings.
(c) Mme. Aubain's clothing.
(d) The house.

3. What is unusual about the children's beds?
(a) They don't have beds.
(b) They are huge.
(c) They are propped up against the wall.
(d) The mattresses are removed.

4. Why does Mme. Aubain have to sell the majority of her properties?
(a) She needed money for her daughter's wedding.
(b) Her son lost them gambling.
(c) She wanted the money to travel.
(d) Because her husband ran into debt.

5. What state is the furniture in the parlor in?
(a) Dilapidated.
(b) Draped in sheets.
(c) Clean.
(d) Covered in plastic.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Mme. Aubain's house located?

2. What is Félicité's relationship to Mme. Aubain?

3. The narrator describes Félicité as being made out of what material?

4. How is Félicité's stance described?

5. How many properties does Mme. Aubain still own?

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