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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 is Gabriel Corte disturbed to hear has fled to Portugal?
(a) Jules Blanc.
(b) Claude Minot.
(c) Arlette Corail.
(d) Charles Langelet.

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

3. What are the German soldier requisitioning from the French villagers in Chapter 17?
(a) Food.
(b) Horses.
(c) Cars.
(d) Petrol.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the Viscountess ask of Madame Angellier?

3. What family did the Count de Furieres marry into?

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

5. What are the Michauds astonished to find in Chapter 28?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Describe Bruno von Falk. What does the development of his character do in the novel in Chapters 3 and 4?

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 is the nature of the marriage between Lucile and Gaston Angellier?

7. What is the atmosphere of the town as the German's depart for Russia?

8. How does Madame Angellier feel about her daughter-in-law, Lucile?

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

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

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