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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. What does the Viscountess Montmort discover on her nighttime walk around her property?
(a) A hurt German soldier.
(b) That she is being robbed.
(c) Madeleine and Kurt Bonnet kissing.
(d) That her prized chickens are ill.

2. What does Lucile ask Bruno for as he is preparing to leave?
(a) A kiss.
(b) A pardon for Benoit.
(c) A travel pass and a petrol coupon.
(d) Some money.

3. What does Madame Angellier constantly remind Marthe of?
(a) That the family likes to eat.
(b) That the state of her job is fragile.
(c) That she is a beloved confidant.
(d) That the things Bruno gives her are poisoned.

4. What is revealed about Lucile's husband that she feels indifferent about?
(a) He has been having a long-term affair with another woman.
(b) He wants to be mayor of the village.
(c) He is very ugly.
(d) He has no desire to have children with her.

5. How is Bruno smoked out of his room?
(a) He has smoked his cigars without opening a window.
(b) He has tried to light a fire in a dirty fireplace.
(c) His books have caught on fire.
(d) Madame Angellier has smoked him out.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following best describes the Viscountess de Montmort?

2. What does the Viscountess Montmort call the villagers?

3. What does Madame Angellier want to do regarding Benoit?

4. Why is the Viscountess de Montmort holding a meeting with the village women and the farmers' wives?

5. Who does Gabriel Corte have a conversation with at the luxury hotel about their respective work?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is discussed in the conversation between Lucile and Madame Angellier after Madame Angellier discovers Lucile talking to Bruno for the first time?

2. What do Gabriel Corte and Florence do when they are shown to their rooms in the luxury hotel?

3. Why does Madame Angellier make a visit to her farms? What is her opinion of the farmers?

4. How has the war affected Corbin and Count de Furieres differently?

5. What happens to Madame Angellier as Lucile and Bruno become closer?

6. What happens to the relationship between the French villagers and the German soldiers after the incident involving Benoit?

7. What happens to the careers of the Michauds, and what do they do about it?

8. What is Benoit's attitude toward Madeleine's interest in things outside the farm and why?

9. Why are the Germans going to arrest Benoit and what happens when they arrive at the Sabarie house?

10. What happens between the Viscountess de Montmort and Benoit while the Viscountess is out on one of her nighttime walks?

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