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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What poet wrote "Le Mort Joyeux"?
(a) Baudelaire.
(b) Verlaine.
(c) Apollinaire.
(d) Rimbaud.

2. About how old is Finn described as being in Chapter 3?
(a) 50.
(b) 20.
(c) 40.
(d) 30.

3. How far pregnant is Charlie in the beginning of Chapter 1?
(a) Four months.
(b) Three months.
(c) Five months.
(d) Two months.

4. What brand of cigarettes does Charlie smoke?
(a) Camels.
(b) Gauloises.
(c) Marlboros.
(d) Gitanes.

5. Where had Charlie and Rose been left behind at a cafe almost ten years ago, according to the narrator in Chapter 7?
(a) Vlissingen.
(b) Le Havre.
(c) Roubaix.
(d) Provence.

6. In mythology Lethe refers to the river of what?
(a) Horror.
(b) Endurance.
(c) Forgefulness.
(d) Love.

7. How many classmates did Eve have at Folkestone?
(a) Nine.
(b) Six.
(c) Two.
(d) Four.

8. In what month does Chapter 16 begin?
(a) May.
(b) March.
(c) July.
(d) April.

9. What composer is described in Chapter 12 as an Impressionist but less indulgent than Debussy?
(a) Mozart.
(b) Satie.
(c) Beethoven.
(d) Berlioz.

10. How long did the Folkestone course for Eve last, according to the narrator in Chapter 4?
(a) Two months.
(b) One month.
(c) Six weeks.
(d) Two weeks.

11. How old is Chalie in the present-tense narrative as she travels with her mother in Chapter 1?
(a) 19.
(b) 22.
(c) 18.
(d) 17.

12. How long did it take Charlie and her mother to cross the Atlantic in Chapter 1?
(a) Six days.
(b) Two days.
(c) Four days.
(d) Nine days.

13. When does Charlie say she last saw Rose when she meets Eve in Chapter 1?
(a) 1942.
(b) 1939.
(c) 1944.
(d) 1941.

14. To what fictional character is Rene Bordelon compared in Chapter 10?
(a) Dr. Frankenstein.
(b) Santa Claus.
(c) Hamlet.
(d) Renfield.

15. In what Swiss town is the clinic where Charlie is to have an abortion in Chapter 1?
(a) Vlissingen.
(b) Vevey.
(c) Vevey.
(d) Le Havre.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Charlie say to Finn as she gets out of the car in the end of Chapter 13 (143)?

2. What did Charlie study in college?

3. What did Antoine do on the surface to cover for his underground forgery business?

4. How did Rene attempt to trick Eve when he called her into his office to speak with her in Chapter 10?

5. Where did Rene see some of Klimpt's paintings before the war?

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