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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why does Felicite leave the farm she was working at while she dated Theodore?
(a) She is upset when Theodore leaves her.
(b) She decides to go home to her parents.
(c) She loses her job.
(d) She wants to become a teacher.

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

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

5. What is Félicité's defining act of heroism?
(a) She saves Virginie from drowning.
(b) She rescues the children from a band of gypsies.
(c) She protects the family from burglers.
(d) She protects Mme. Aubain and the children from a bull attack.

6. What kind of a mantle is in the living room?
(a) Rustic wood.
(b) Copper.
(c) Victorian style.
(d) Louis-Quinze-style.

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

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

9. How long have Félicité and Mme. Aubain been in this relationship?
(a) Since Félicité was born.
(b) Ten years.
(c) Half a century.
(d) It is entirely new.

10. What does Mme. Aubain think of Félicité's family?
(a) They are cruel.
(b) They are kind.
(c) She is embarassed by their poverty.
(d) They take advantage of her.

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

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

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

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

15. What was the most exciting part of the day in Trouville?
(a) Dinner.
(b) The evening parade.
(c) When the fishing boats came in.
(d) Afternoon service.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Virginie make the journey to Tocqueville?

2. What does Theodore do that makes marrying Félicité impossible?

3. What does Félicité do when the family rests in the field?

4. What does Félicité hold in her hands while she sleeps?

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

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