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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What kind of a mantle is in the living room?
(a) Copper.
(b) Louis-Quinze-style.
(c) Rustic wood.
(d) Victorian style.

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

4. How long have Félicité and Mme. Aubain been in this relationship?
(a) It is entirely new.
(b) Since Félicité was born.
(c) Ten years.
(d) Half a century.

5. What happens to Mme. Aubain's husband?
(a) She leaves him.
(b) He's sent to jail.
(c) He leaves her.
(d) He dies.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is unusual about the children's beds?

2. What is piled on the piano?

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

4. What are some of Félicité's chores?

5. How is Mme. Aubain's bedroom described?

(see the answer key)

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