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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is the Liebards' place in Troqueville described?
(a) As having an old world feel.
(b) As quaint and charming.
(c) As run down.
(d) As elegant and formal.

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

3. Who reads to Félicité for the first time in her life?
(a) Mme. Aubain.
(b) Paul.
(c) M. Bourais.
(d) Virginie.

4. Why does Felicite leave the farm she was working at while she dated Theodore?
(a) She wants to become a teacher.
(b) She loses her job.
(c) She is upset when Theodore leaves her.
(d) She decides to go home to her parents.

5. What hangs above the piano?
(a) A family portrait.
(b) Pressed flowers.
(c) A barometer.
(d) A Degas painting.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long does Félicité's family stay on their first visit?

2. What does Félicité hold in her hands while she sleeps?

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

4. Who does Félicité hear Liebard talk about from her past?

5. What was Mme. Aubain's annual income?

Short Essay Questions

1. Félicité's service for Mme. Aubain is described with some detail. What kind of an impression does Félicité's service give of Mme. Aubain?

2. How does Félicité feel about Loulou before she begins to go deaf? How do you know?

3. Describe and provide an analysis of Mme. Aubain's reaction when Félicité tells her that she hasn't heard from Victor in six months.

4. Do you think that Félicité's final vision is religious or delusional? Does it matter?

5. Why does Mme. Simon nurse Félicité as she is dying?

6. Why do you think Mme. Aubain shakes slightly when she sees Félicité respond to the news of her nephew's death?

7. How do Félicité and Mme. Aubain react to Virginie's death?

8. Does it seem important that Félicité asks Fabu's forgiveness before she dies?

9. How do Mme. Aubain and Félicité's reactions to Virginie's departure differ from each other?

10. Describe the impression that the narrator gives you of Mme. Aubain's house.

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