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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is Mme. Aubain's husband described?
(a) Cruel and extravagant.
(b) Handsome but impecunious.
(c) Kind but careless with money.
(d) A rake and a spendthrift.

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

3. What hangs above the piano?
(a) Pressed flowers.
(b) A Degas painting.
(c) A barometer.
(d) A family portrait.

4. When Félicité was 25-years-old, how old did people think she was?
(a) Sixty.
(b) Fifteen.
(c) Twenty-five.
(d) Forty.

5. What was Mme. Aubain's annual income?
(a) Nine hundred francs.
(b) Five thousand francs.
(c) One hundred thousand francs.
(d) Fifty thousand francs.

Short Answer Questions

1. What smell pervades the living room?

2. What state is the furniture in the parlor in?

3. What is unusual about the floors in Mme. Aubain's house?

4. What food item lasted Félicité 20 days?

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

(see the answer key)

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