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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What or who does Félicité begin to associate with the parrot?
(a) Her nephew, Victor.
(b) The illustrated geography book.
(c) The Holy Spirit.
(d) Virginie.

2. What gift does Mme. Aubain receive from Mme. de Larsonniere?
(a) A valuable book.
(b) A parrot.
(c) Two laying hens.
(d) Material.

3. What does Félicité do for Colmiche?
(a) She takes care of him until he dies.
(b) She cleans his house once a week.
(c) She buys him a new coat.
(d) She takes care of his grandchild.

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

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

6. How does Fabu feel after Félicité speaks to him?
(a) Angry.
(b) Jealous.
(c) Sad.
(d) Happy.

7. What does Félicité say to Fabu?
(a) She encourages him to go to confession more frequently.
(b) She thanks him for his kindness to Loulou.
(c) She tells him that she leaves him Loulou.
(d) She apologizes for suspecting him of murdering Loulou.

8. Whose debts does Mme. Aubain pay off?
(a) M. Bourais'.
(b) Victor's.
(c) Virginie's.
(d) Paul's.

9. What is one of the results of Félicité's increasing deafness?
(a) She meets the priest for confession in private.
(b) She begins to lose her balance.
(c) She can no longer talk to Loulou.
(d) She can no longer work.

10. What condition is Loulou in at the time of Félicité's death?
(a) Faded almost to white.
(b) Torn and ragged.
(c) Mouldy and eaten by maggots.
(d) Beautiful and well kept.

11. When Mme. Aubain is finally able to go through Virginie's things, what does she find in the cupboard?
(a) Mice.
(b) A diary.
(c) Drawings.
(d) Moths.

12. What is the rumor about Colmiche?
(a) That he committed terrible atrocities.
(b) That he has illegitimate children.
(c) That he beat his wife.
(d) That he is a thief.

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

14. What is the cause of Félicité's argument with her Polish suitor?
(a) He eats a salad she had prepared for Mme. Aubain's lunch.
(b) He refuses to acknowledge Felicite's attachment to Mme. Aubain's family.
(c) He reveals that he has a child.
(d) He tells her he has a wife in Poland.

15. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Félicité meet her Polish suitor?

2. What is Félicité's response to Virginie receiving her first communion?

3. What does Félicité do after she receives her letter?

4. What does Paul decide to do after he gets a job in the Registry Office?

5. After Virginie dies, what does Félicité do every day?

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