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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What thoughts are bothering Jean-Marie Michaud?

2. What has Jules done concerning Gabriel Corte?

3. In Chapter 11, which character helps others with their baggage?

4. Which of the following does does Arlette Corail express confidence in?

5. Why can't Hubert help in the fighting at the Allier River?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Jeanne Michaud see while on the road to Tours that makes her cry and why does it affect her?

2. What has Hubert Pericand decided to do concerning the war and why?

3. What more is revealed about Charlotte Pericand in Chapter 21?

4. How does Charles Langelet feel about his fellow refugees? Why?

5. How does Charlotte Pericand treat her father-in-law and why?

6. Describe the scene in the town where Gabriel Corte has refused a room.

7. What does Philippe Pericand volunteer to do when the citizens of Paris begin to evacuate the city?

8. What are Philippe Pericand's feelings toward the children of the Children's Home?

9. Describe the character of Gabriel Corte.

10. Why is Father Philippe Pericand torn by his feelings about the boys he is caring for?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

All of the different socio-economic classes in France at the time are represented through the different characters in the novel. Identify a character or family of characters that represent each different class, from servants to the working class to the middle class to the upper class. How does the war affect the people in the classes differently? Are the poor more susceptible to the negative attributes of war than the people in the middle and upper classes? How do people from the different classes view the war and the occupation?

Essay Topic 2

In the beginning of the novel, the many different characters introduced in the novel appear to only have in common their terrible plight of living and trying to survive in France during the German attack and subsequent occupation during World War II. However, as the novel progresses, many of these characters cross paths and affect the lives of other characters. Describe some of these instances where characters' paths cross. How do these seemingly unconnected characters affect each others' lives either in small or in big ways? How does this affect the novel? What does this tell us about the world in general?

Essay Topic 3

Although the first and second part of the novel are told in different narrative styles, they do connect with each other. How are the two parts of the novel related? Which characters from the first part are either included or mentioned in the second part of the novel? How do you think the characters from the first part of the novel would have felt about the occupation and how do you think they are reacting to it?

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