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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 is Benoit concerned about regarding Madeleine?
(a) That she may have come from the middle class.
(b) That she is in love with Lucile's husband.
(c) That she is poisoning him.
(d) That she is planning to run away.

2. Where does the fish that Benoit presents to Lucile come from?
(a) It is stolen from the Viscount's lake.
(b) It is given to him by Kurt Bonnet.
(c) It is bought at the farmer's market.
(d) It is stolen from the German's food supply.

3. 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.

4. What is the name of the village that the Angellier's live in?
(a) Bussy.
(b) Orleans.
(c) Marseilles.
(d) Nimes.

5. What does Benoit discuss with the German soldier who is staying at his farm?
(a) War.
(b) Women.
(c) Poetry.
(d) Politics.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 27, why does Gabriel Corte shed a tear?

2. What does Madeleine tell Benoit that he needs to hide?

3. When was Maurice Michaud injured?

4. What does the Viscountess ask of Madame Angellier?

5. After he returns to his family, what does Hubert's presence in church do?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the scene of the German soldiers in Bussy.

2. What does Lucile decide to do about Benoit as the Germans are leaving?

3. What is the atmosphere on the farm where Jean-Marie Michaud is staying?

4. What does Benoit come to the Angellier house to ask and why? What is the response to his favor?

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

6. What is the nature of the marriage between Lucile and Gaston Angellier?

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

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

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

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

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