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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. Who does Félicité hear Liebard talk about from her past?
(a) Her mother.
(b) The farmer she worked for as a girl.
(c) Madame Lehoussais.
(d) Her sister.

2. What new activity do Félicité and Virginie begin at Christmas time?
(a) They join a choir.
(b) They begin to learn English.
(c) They begin to go to catechism.
(d) They begin piano lessons.

3. What gift does M. Bourais bring for the children?
(a) A set of paints.
(b) Clothing.
(c) Sheets of music.
(d) An illustrated geography book.

4. How does Virginie make the journey to Tocqueville?
(a) M. Liebard carries her on his horse with him.
(b) In a carriage with her mother.
(c) She walks.
(d) On a horse with Félicité.

5. What does Félicité do when the family rests in the field?
(a) Serves the picnic.
(b) Plays with Virginie.
(c) Gathers flowers.
(d) Gathers berries.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Félicité first meet Theodore?

2. What is Félicité's first job as a girl?

3. What did Félicité's family do in order to be near Félicité?

4. How does Félicité lose her first job?

5. When Félicité was 25-years-old, how old did people think she was?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What objects stand out in Félicité's collection of objects and what relationships can you find between them?

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

4. Explain the irony of Félicité's dismissal from her first job.

5. How is it significant that the parrot is being eaten by maggots, but Félicité neither knows nor cares?

6. What is your impression of Mme. Simon?

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

8. Why do you think Félicité never talks about how worried she feels for Victor?

9. Why do you think it has such a big impact on Félicité when Mme. Aubain embraces her?

10. What are some examples of times when Félicité has been abused or disregarded? Describe them and explain how she is being treated poorly.

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