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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. What new activity do Félicité and Virginie begin at Christmas time?
(a) They begin piano lessons.
(b) They join a choir.
(c) They begin to learn English.
(d) They begin to go to catechism.

3. How are the easy chairs in the living room upholstered?
(a) Wool.
(b) Twill.
(c) Tapestry.
(d) Cotton.

4. What is Félicité's first job when she starts working for Mme. Aubain?
(a) Dairy maid.
(b) Cook.
(c) Governess.
(d) Lady's maid.

5. What does the family do when it is particularly hot in Trouville?
(a) Stay inside.
(b) Go to the beach.
(c) Go to the baths.
(d) Sit in the shade and have a picnic.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Mme. Aubain's husband described?

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

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

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

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

(see the answer key)

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