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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is Félicité's bedroom?
(a) In the basement.
(b) On the second floor.
(c) Next to the living room.
(d) In the guest house.

2. What is peculiar about Félicité's dress?
(a) She dresses like a man.
(b) She wears the same thing all year.
(c) She always wears a bright purple scarf in her hair.
(d) She dresses like a child.

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

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

5. Who does Félicité hear Liebard talk about from her past?
(a) The farmer she worked for as a girl.
(b) Madame Lehoussais.
(c) Her sister.
(d) Her mother.

6. What decoration is prominent in Mme. Aubain's bedroom?
(a) A portrait of her mother.
(b) A portrait of herself.
(c) A portrait of her husband.
(d) Portraits of the children.

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

8. Why does the family move back home?
(a) Félicité had to return to tend to seasonal work.
(b) Mme. Aubain missed her house.
(c) Paul needed to prepare to leave for school.
(d) Virginie's cough resumed.

9. How is Félicité's voice described?
(a) Melodious.
(b) Shrill.
(c) Loud.
(d) Soft.

10. Why does Mme. Aubain have to sell the majority of her properties?
(a) Her son lost them gambling.
(b) She needed money for her daughter's wedding.
(c) She wanted the money to travel.
(d) Because her husband ran into debt.

11. Where is Mme. Aubain's house located?
(a) In the country.
(b) Beside her old house.
(c) Behind the market.
(d) Next to a stable.

12. What does Virginie do while the family is on their outing?
(a) Sunbathes.
(b) Entertains Paul.
(c) Feeds rabbits and gathers cornflowers.
(d) Sits quietly with her mother and Félicité.

13. How is the Liebards' place in Troqueville described?
(a) As elegant and formal.
(b) As quaint and charming.
(c) As having an old world feel.
(d) As run down.

14. What state is the furniture in the parlor in?
(a) Covered in plastic.
(b) Draped in sheets.
(c) Clean.
(d) Dilapidated.

15. Who in Félicité's family always kept out of sight?
(a) Her nephew.
(b) Her nieces.
(c) Her brother-in-law.
(d) Her sister.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What cure does the doctor recommend for Virginie's nervous complaint?

4. Who does Félicité find while she is in Trouville?

5. How does Virginie make the journey to Tocqueville?

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