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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is unusual about the floors in Mme. Aubain's house?
(a) They are concrete.
(b) They are marble.
(c) They are at different levels.
(d) They are dirt.

2. What is Félicité's relationship to Mme. Aubain?
(a) Daughter.
(b) Mother.
(c) Housemaid.
(d) Gardener.

3. What is described as the despair of the other housemaids?
(a) Félicité's loyalty to her mistress.
(b) Mme. Aubain's temper.
(c) The spotless state of Félicité's saucepans.
(d) The draper's son.

4. What is piled on the piano?
(a) China plates.
(b) Packets and cardboard boxes.
(c) Novels.
(d) Music scores.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Mme. Aubain have to sell the majority of her properties?

2. What was Mme. Aubain's annual income?

3. What food item lasted Félicité 20 days?

4. What is peculiar about Félicité's appearance?

5. What does the clock in the living room look like?

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