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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Gabriel Corte's concern about his writing?
(a) That no one will be interested in his writing anymore.
(b) That his publisher has fled France and may not return.
(c) That he will have to change his personal writing style.
(d) That all his manuscripts will be laughed at.

2. What does Lucile want the freedom to do?
(a) To date Bruno.
(b) To tell her mother-in-law how she feels.
(c) To cook whatever she pleases.
(d) To decide her own future.

3. Who comes to Charles Langelet's house looking for work as a maid?
(a) Lucile Angellier.
(b) Claudia Boucher.
(c) Hortense Gaillard.
(d) Charlotte Pericand.

4. What brings the German soldiers' party to an abrupt end?
(a) A vicious fight between two German officers.
(b) Word that Germany is now at war with Russia.
(c) They run out of food and wine.
(d) The French villagers have taken up arms.

5. Who does Lucile learn has been sleeping with a German soldier?
(a) The waitress at the local bar.
(b) The cook.
(c) Madeleine Sabarie.
(d) The dressmaker.

6. Why is the Viscountess de Montmort holding a meeting with the village women and the farmers' wives?
(a) She is giving classes on manners.
(b) She is collecting taxes for town functions.
(c) She is leading a drive to help local prisoners.
(d) She is organizing a demonstration against the Germans.

7. What does the German officer request from the Angellier women?
(a) Complete silence so he can review his battles.
(b) The key to the library and the piano.
(c) A large, gourmet dinner.
(d) Their company in the sitting room.

8. What does the woman on the farm hope for in exchange for taking care of Jean-Marie Michaud?
(a) The safe return of her own son.
(b) For Jean-Marie to work in the fields.
(c) A reimbursement of the money when he is well.
(d) For Jean-Marie to marry her daughter.

9. What is Charlotte Pericand's mother's name?
(a) Madame Angellier.
(b) Madame Craquant.
(c) Madame Maltete.
(d) Madame Langelet.

10. When was Maurice Michaud injured?
(a) On the way to Tours.
(b) In the explosion in the train station.
(c) On the job at Corbin's bank.
(d) In the war in 1914.

11. What are the Michauds astonished to find in Chapter 28?
(a) That a wealthy patron has left them a bunch of money.
(b) That their son is waiting for them.
(c) That they still have jobs.
(d) That their apartment is still in tact.

12. Where is Charlotte Pericand's mother's house located?
(a) Paris.
(b) Bergerac.
(c) Tours.
(d) Nimes.

13. What is the date that the Germans will leave Lucile Angellier's village?
(a) January 1, 1942.
(b) July 1, 1941.
(c) July 1, 1945.
(d) December 1, 1941.

14. What does Madeleine ask Lucile to do when she comes to visit Lucile?
(a) To give her any extra food they may have.
(b) To ask Bruno to pardon Benoit.
(c) To run away with her.
(d) To hide Benoit.

15. Where does Lucile invite Bruno to work after he is smoked out of his room?
(a) The kitchen.
(b) Her bedroom.
(c) The dining room.
(d) The garden.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Lucile and Madame Angellier briefly house during their exodus from Paris?

2. What does Madame Angellier catch Lucile doing in regards to the German officer?

3. What do the Germans go to arrest Benoit for?

4. Who is Gabriel Corte disturbed to hear has fled to Portugal?

5. What has happened to Lucile Angellier's husband?

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