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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Félicité do when the family rests in the field?
(a) Gathers flowers.
(b) Gathers berries.
(c) Plays with Virginie.
(d) Serves the picnic.

2. When the family rests in the field, what does Paul do?
(a) He chases animals with his bow.
(b) He plays cards.
(c) He lays out the picnic.
(d) He is bored and itches to move on.

3. What smell pervades the living room?
(a) Must.
(b) Fumes from the kitchen.
(c) Horses.
(d) Roses.

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

5. Which relative of Mme. Aubain's frequently comes to visit?
(a) Her brother.
(b) Her nephew.
(c) Her uncle.
(d) Her father.

6. How does Virginie make the journey to Tocqueville?
(a) M. Liebard carries her on his horse with him.
(b) In a carriage with her mother.
(c) She walks.
(d) On a horse with Félicité.

7. How does Félicité lose her first job?
(a) She is injured.
(b) She quits.
(c) She is accused of theft.
(d) She is offerred another job.

8. What particularly bothered Mme. Aubain about the way that Félicité's family behaved?
(a) Their clothing and appearance.
(b) Their accent.
(c) The familiar way that Félicité's sister spoke to Mme. Aubain.
(d) The familiar way that Félicité's nephew spoke to Paul.

9. Where is Trouville situated in the landscape?
(a) At the bottom of a hill.
(b) Deep in a valley,
(c) In the plains.
(d) At the top of a mountain.

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

11. What cure does the doctor recommend for Virginie's nervous complaint?
(a) Water and gruel.
(b) Bleeding.
(c) Laudanum.
(d) Sea bathing.

12. On nice days, where do Félicité and the Aubain family go?
(a) To the farm at Geffosses.
(b) To picnic at the Rhine.
(c) To the city gardens.
(d) To the baths.

13. How does Paul make the journey to Tocqueville?
(a) On foot.
(b) On a donkey.
(c) On horseback.
(d) In a carriage.

14. The narrator describes Félicité as being made out of what material?
(a) Iron.
(b) Wood.
(c) Water.
(d) Metal.

15. What gift does M. Bourais bring for the children?
(a) An illustrated geography book.
(b) A set of paints.
(c) Clothing.
(d) Sheets of music.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who struggles the most when Paul goes away?

2. What is placed against the wainscoting in the living room?

3. What does the narrator consider "a remainder of better days"?

4. How does Félicité feel after her heroic event?

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

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