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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Félicité begin to see frequently after Virginie goes away to school?
(a) Theodore.
(b) The doctor.
(c) Victor.
(d) Paul.

2. What does Mme. Aubain feel when she is finally able to visit Virginie's grave?
(a) An even more terrible sadness.
(b) Comfort and consolation.
(c) Hysteria.
(d) Nothing.

3. What does Félicité finally die of?
(a) Stroke.
(b) Cancer.
(c) Bronchitis.
(d) Pneumonia.

4. Why does Félicité think that the Holy Spirit was more likely to have been a parrot than a dove?
(a) She has a vision.
(b) Because parrots are more colorful.
(c) Because parrots can talk.
(d) She sees it in a dream.

5. What does Félicité do after she receives her letter?
(a) Responds to the letter.
(b) Cleans her room.
(c) The laundry.
(d) Walks to the market.

6. What does Félicité consider doing shortly after she gets Loulou back?
(a) Retire from Mme. Aubain's service.
(b) Get married.
(c) Move back to her hometown.
(d) Join a sisterhood.

7. What remedy was attempted to relieve Mme. Aubain's difficulty breathing?
(a) Leeches.
(b) Salt.
(c) Bleeding.
(d) Tonic.

8. How does Félicité meet her Polish suitor?
(a) Nursing cholera victims and looking after refugees.
(b) When he comes to beg Mme. Aubain for alms.
(c) Her sister introduces them.
(d) He is a friend of Paul's.

9. When Mme. Aubain and Félicité walk together, what do they talk about?
(a) Mme. Aubain's husband.
(b) Virginie and Paul.
(c) Mme. Aubain's childhood.
(d) Virginie.

10. What causes Félicité to catch tonsillitis?
(a) She contracts it from Mme. Aubain.
(b) Her long search for Loulou.
(c) She contracts it while nursing a sick soldier.
(d) She is accidentally locked out of the house in a storm.

11. What color is Virginie's grave stone?
(a) Black.
(b) Pink.
(c) Yellow.
(d) White.

12. What about Félicité causes Bourais to feel a mixture of amusement and contempt for her?
(a) Her ignorance of geography.
(b) Her handwriting.
(c) Her excessive affection for Mme. Aubain's children.
(d) Her origins.

13. What does Paul's wife do with Mme. Aubain's home and belongings?
(a) She gives everything to Félicité.
(b) She sells everything without visiting.
(c) She takes a few items and sells the rest.
(d) She takes all the furniture.

14. What prevents Félicité from being able to see Loulou before her death?
(a) Nothing: Loulou is the last thing she sees.
(b) She is blind.
(c) Her eyes are swollen closed.
(d) Loulou is on the alter.

15. Who tells Félicité that the house is for sale?
(a) The apothecary.
(b) Paul's wife.
(c) Paul.
(d) Fabu.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mme. Aubain leave to Félicité when she dies?

2. What does Mme. Aubain do that offends Félicité?

3. Where is the alter of the Corpus Christi placed?

4. What does Félicité take as a keepsake from among Virginie's things?

5. What is the parrot's first illness?

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