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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. How is Mme. Aubain's bedroom described?
(a) Very small.
(b) Very large.
(c) Narrow but with high ceilings.
(d) Average size.

4. Who struggles the most when Paul goes away?
(a) Paul.
(b) Virginie.
(c) Mme. Aubain.
(d) Félicité.

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

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

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

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

9. What kind of a wage does Félicité earn?
(a) Fair.
(b) Low.
(c) Moderate.
(d) Generous.

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

11. What does Virginie wear to bathe?
(a) Her chemise.
(b) Bloomers.
(c) A bathing suit.
(d) A nightgown.

12. Who offers advice about where Paul should go to school?
(a) M. Bourais.
(b) Félicité's brother-in-law.
(c) Mme. Liebard.
(d) The priest.

13. How is Félicité's stance described?
(a) Limping.
(b) Upright.
(c) Weak.
(d) Hunched.

14. How does Félicité feel after her heroic event?
(a) She is proud of herself.
(b) She cannot stop talking about it.
(c) She feels strangely sad.
(d) She focuses her attention on Virginie.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is peculiar about Félicité's appearance?

2. What new activity do Félicité and Virginie begin at Christmas time?

3. What does Virginie do while the family is on their outing?

4. Where is Trouville situated in the landscape?

5. What particularly bothered Mme. Aubain about the way that Félicité's family behaved?

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