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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who looks after the management of Mme. Aubain's property?
(a) Félicité.
(b) M. Bourais.
(c) Mme. Aubain.
(d) The Liebards.

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

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

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

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

7. 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.

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

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

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

11. What color is the wainscoting in the living room?
(a) White.
(b) Red.
(c) Green.
(d) Blue.

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

13. What is described as the despair of the other housemaids?
(a) The spotless state of Félicité's saucepans.
(b) Félicité's loyalty to her mistress.
(c) The draper's son.
(d) Mme. Aubain's temper.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who in Félicité's family always kept out of sight?

2. Where does Félicité sleep?

3. What is Félicité's first job as a girl?

4. How does Félicité lose her first job?

5. What is Félicité's defining act of heroism?

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