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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 does the Viscount decide to do after the Viscountess tells him about Benoit's behavior?

2. What does Lucile ask Bruno for as he is preparing to leave?

3. What are the German soldier requisitioning from the French villagers in Chapter 17?

4. Where does Lucile invite Bruno to work after he is smoked out of his room?

5. What does Benoit accuse the Viscountess and her husband of?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Charlotte Pericand react when she sees Hubert and realizes that he is not dead?

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

3. What happens between Lucile and Bruno while they are waiting for the German soldiers to find the Perrins' possessions?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Many of the characters in the novel go through some kind of character development even if it is only momentarily or small. Hubert Pericand, though, seems to go through the most changes in the novel as he develops from a naive child to a reflective young man. What experiences lead to the change and growth of Hubert Pericand? How do these experiences affect his personality, beliefs, and ideals? Does his mother's opinion of him change throughout the novel? What types of things does Hubert begin to question when he learns of his brother Philippe's death when he returns to Nimes?

Essay Topic 3

A large part of the novel focuses on the citizens' evacuation of Paris, their voyage, and the strain it has on the towns where they relocate to on their journey. What characters take part in this evacuation? Describe the journey for the refugees. What is the reaction of the townspeople where the refugees try to find safe haven throughout the novel? Why are the townspeople torn between wanting to help and wanting this problem out of their towns?

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