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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What is piled on the piano?
(a) China plates.
(b) Novels.
(c) Music scores.
(d) Packets and cardboard boxes.

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

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

7. Where does Félicité first meet Theodore?
(a) In her sister's house.
(b) In the park.
(c) At work.
(d) At a dance.

8. What does the clock in the living room look like?
(a) Notre Dame.
(b) An old sundial.
(c) The Temple of Vesta.
(d) A normal clock.

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

10. How is Mme. Aubain's husband described?
(a) Kind but careless with money.
(b) Handsome but impecunious.
(c) A rake and a spendthrift.
(d) Cruel and extravagant.

11. What does the narrator consider "a remainder of better days"?
(a) Mme. Aubain's children.
(b) The house.
(c) Drawings and etchings.
(d) Mme. Aubain's clothing.

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

13. What is unusual about the children's beds?
(a) They are huge.
(b) They are propped up against the wall.
(c) The mattresses are removed.
(d) They don't have beds.

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

15. How long does Félicité's family stay on their first visit?
(a) 45 minutes.
(b) 1 hour.
(c) 2 hours.
(d) 15 minutes.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Felicite leave the farm she was working at while she dated Theodore?

2. What is the last thing Félicité does before going to sleep?

3. What is unusual about the floors in Mme. Aubain's house?

4. What food item lasted Félicité 20 days?

5. How long have Félicité and Mme. Aubain been in this relationship?

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