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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Gabriel Corte have a sudden urgent desire to do when the refugees are caught in the crossfire between the French and Germans?
(a) To help the wounded refugees.
(b) To run away by himself.
(c) To save Florence's life.
(d) To join the French in the fight.

2. What do Gabriel and Florence find when they reach Tours?
(a) The city is occupied by the Germans.
(b) There is no food left in the city.
(c) The city has been bombed.
(d) Their car is out of petrol.

3. What are the names of the young women that are nursing Jean-Marie Michaud back to health?
(a) Lucile and Madeleine.
(b) Madeleine and Cecile.
(c) Lucile and Arlette.
(d) Lucile and Cecile.

4. What does Hubert decide he wants to do concerning the impending invasion of the Germans?
(a) He wants to take his family to safety.
(b) He wants to stay and fight them.
(c) He wants to hide in his room until it's over.
(d) He wants to leave the city.

5. What is the name of the valet in Chapter 3?
(a) Jules.
(b) Claude.
(c) Hubert.
(d) Marcel.

6. Which of the following characters in NOT one of the group that has had a run-in with Gabriel Corte?
(a) Jules.
(b) Aline.
(c) Hortense.
(d) Philippe.

7. Why is Arlette Corail interested in Hubert Pericand?
(a) He has a nice car.
(b) He is related to the wealthy Maltetes.
(c) He is very handsome.
(d) He is willing to pay for her room at the hotel.

8. Where do Father Philippe and the boys camp for the night?
(a) By the stream where they fish.
(b) By the cottage of a local farmer.
(c) Off the side of the road to Tours.
(d) On the lawn of a large chateau.

9. What does Florence share with the maid and the driver of their car?
(a) Water.
(b) Sandwiches.
(c) Blankets.
(d) Wine.

10. How many children are in the family in Chapter 2?
(a) Five.
(b) Three.
(c) Seven.
(d) Two.

11. Why can't the director of the Children's Home evacuate the children from Paris?
(a) He has to attend to his sick wife.
(b) He is afraid to leave Paris.
(c) He is in the hospital.
(d) He has resigned his position.

12. Which of the Pericand children guards the cat and is afraid of losing him?
(a) Emmanuel.
(b) Jacqueline.
(c) Hubert.
(d) Philippe.

13. What thoughts are bothering Jean-Marie Michaud?
(a) Childhood memories.
(b) Memories of the recent past.
(c) Lack of knowledge of his parents' safety.
(d) That he is in the middle of nowhere.

14. What dangerous area is Father Philippe Pericand trying to avoid?
(a) Tours.
(b) Loire.
(c) Marseilles.
(d) Switzerland.

15. What does the hotel room that Gabriel Corte refuses to take look out on?
(a) A petrol depot.
(b) A church.
(c) The highway.
(d) A school.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the couple in Chapter 5 do for a living?

2. What have the local stores run out of in the small town the Pericands are in?

3. What ultimately happens to Father Philippe at the end of Chapter 25?

4. Who is Florence?

5. What disease did Philippe Pericand have?

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