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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 is the profession of Gabriel Corte?

2. What happens while the Michauds are waiting to take a train to Tours?

3. Which of the following characters in NOT one of the group that has had a run-in with Gabriel Corte?

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

5. What does Hortense call Gabriel Corte?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the character of Gabriel Corte.

2. What happens between Charles Langelet and the young couple he meets on the road?

3. What does Hubert find when he arrives to join in the fight on the Allier River?

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

5. How does Chapter 20, with the scene of the cat in the garden, contrast with Chapter 21, as the Pericands flee the burning village?

6. What is the feeling of the townspeople when the Germans finally arrive in the town where Arlette Corail is staying?

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

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

9. What happens once Gabriel Corte receives some food and why is it ironic considering his attitude about his situation?

10. Describe the character of Charles Langelet.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

A few characters in the novel seem reluctant to evacuate Paris and bothered by the fact that they have to share the plight of the exodus with regular people. These characters are desperate to separate themselves from everyone else and the war. Discuss the idea of separating one's self from the war. Which characters refuse to accept the reality of the situation? How do they separate themselves from the war and the other refugees? Are they successful? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the attitudes of the poor toward the rich. These attitudes are largely expressed through Hortense Gaillard and her traveling party and the other servants of the novel. What are these people's opinions of the rich? Does the fact that they work for the rich factor into their opinions? Do the poor have a harder time making it during the war? Provide examples.

Essay Topic 3

Lucile Angellier and Bruno von Falk are young people falling in love under the worst circumstances imaginable. Lucile is a Frenchwoman, married to a French soldier prisoner of war, and Bruno is a German soldier, the enemy of the French. Describe the relationship between Lucile and Bruno. How is the relationship affected by the war? What are the difficulties and challenges they face after they realize that they are in love with one another? Why is a relationship between the two impossible and how does their friendship end?

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