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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 many properties does Mme. Aubain still own?
(a) Five.
(b) One.
(c) Four.
(d) Two.

2. What is Félicité's first job as a girl?
(a) To watch children.
(b) To look after cows.
(c) Nurse.
(d) A cook.

3. Where does Félicité first meet Theodore?
(a) In her sister's house.
(b) At a dance.
(c) In the park.
(d) At work.

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

5. What does the narrator consider "a remainder of better days"?
(a) Mme. Aubain's clothing.
(b) The house.
(c) Drawings and etchings.
(d) Mme. Aubain's children.

Short Answer Questions

1. What hangs above the piano?

2. What gift does M. Bourais bring for the children?

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

4. How is Félicité's voice described?

5. What smell pervades the living room?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Félicité understand the Holy Spirit?

2. How does Félicité begin to confuse or associate the parrot with the Holy Spirit?

3. Does it seem surprising that Félicité's voice is shrill? Why do you think this detail is included in her description?

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

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

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

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

8. Think back on the story as a whole. What do you think is the major theme and why?

9. Does Victor seem to genuinely care for Félicité or is he only interested in taking things from her?

10. What do we learn about Félicité through her relationship with Theodore?

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