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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How old is Mme. Aubain when she dies?
(a) 72.
(b) 86.
(c) 55.
(d) 98.

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

4. Where is the alter of the Corpus Christi placed?
(a) In Mme. Aubain's courtyard.
(b) In front of the church.
(c) By the library.
(d) In the courthouse.

5. What is the only thing that holds Mme. Aubain's interest after Virginie dies?
(a) Looking through Virginie's drawings.
(b) Paul's letters.
(c) Playing music.
(d) Her walks with Félicité.

6. 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) She sees it in a dream.
(c) Because parrots are more colorful.
(d) Because parrots can talk.

7. How does Mme. Aubain deal with her grief when Virginie goes away to school?
(a) Through socializing and writing letters.
(b) She takes long solitary walks.
(c) She locks herself in her room for a week.
(d) She cries for days.

8. What does Paul decide to do after he gets a job in the Registry Office?
(a) Give up gambling.
(b) Move to Germany.
(c) Move his mother to the city.
(d) Get married.

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

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

11. What do the boys in town do to Colmiche?
(a) Carry him water from the well.
(b) Call him names and beat him with a stick.
(c) Buy his groceries for him.
(d) Spy on him and throw stones at him.

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

13. Where does Paul spend much of his time?
(a) In the tavern.
(b) At school.
(c) In the library.
(d) At home.

14. Why is Félicité nearly run over?
(a) She trips as she is moving out of the way.
(b) She is too devastated to bother moving.
(c) She couldn't hear the coach coming behind her.
(d) She is trying to rescue Loulou's body, which she dropped crossing the road.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What event occurs while Mme. Aubain and Félicité are going through Virginie's room that engenders a deep sense of devotion in Félicité toward Mme. Aubain?

2. What is the cause of Félicité's argument with her Polish suitor?

3. What distinctive trait does Félicité develop due to a fit of giddiness?

4. Who commits suicide?

5. What gift does Mme. Aubain receive from Mme. de Larsonniere?

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