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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Newman first meets Urbain, what is he preparing to do?
(a) Attend a ball.
(b) Host a dinner party.
(c) Go out fox hunting.
(d) Go for a hike.

2. When Newman comes to visit Claire's home for the first time, what happens?
(a) He has been given a fake address.
(b) He is told she is not in.
(c) There is a fire in the building.
(d) He gets lost.

3. What reason does Mrs. Tristam give Newman about why Claire will never act against her mother or brother?
(a) The family is abusive to her.
(b) Claire is too timid.
(c) The importance of family.
(d) It was Claire's father's dying wish that she always obey.

4. How long do Babcock and Newman travel together for before they part ways?
(a) Only a day or so.
(b) One full month.
(c) Only a few days.
(d) Several weeks.

5. What is Claire de Bellegarde's history of marriage?
(a) She has been engaged three times but never married.
(b) She has never been engaged or married.
(c) She is still married, but a divorce is inevitable.
(d) She is a widow.

6. What does Newman notice about Noemie when he comes to visit her with Valentin?
(a) She is only pretending to work.
(b) She has become incredibly thin.
(c) She has gained a bit of weight.
(d) She is more talented than other painters.

7. Who ends up joining Newman, Claire, and Valentin during Newman's first visit to see Claire?
(a) Valentin's wife.
(b) Newman's ex-wife.
(c) Mrs. Tristam.
(d) Noemie.

8. Why was Claire unable to inherit her husband's money?
(a) This is a trick question; she never had a husband.
(b) He didn't have any.
(c) She was not old enough.
(d) His family filed a lawsuit against her.

9. Who is Urbain?
(a) Mrs. Tristam's nephew.
(b) Mrs. Tristam's brother-in-law.
(c) Claire's second brother.
(d) A student of Claire's.

10. Which child did Claire's family think would ruin the family's good name?
(a) Valentin.
(b) Newman.
(c) Robert.
(d) Claire.

11. Why does Nioche seek out Newman when he returns to Paris?
(a) He wants to sell more of Noemie's paintings.
(b) He wants to keep giving him French lessons.
(c) He is afraid someone is trying to kill him.
(d) He believes he found the perfect husband for Noemie.

12. While visiting Newman, what does Valentin confess to Newman that he is considering doing?
(a) Moving to America.
(b) Proposing to Noemie.
(c) Joining the military.
(d) Joining a monastery.

13. In what magazine was "The American" originally published as a series?
(a) Newsweek.
(b) The Atlantic Monthly.
(c) Time.
(d) The New Yorker.

14. How does Claire react to Newman's first visit when he comes to see her?
(a) She agrees to meet him in secret later.
(b) She invites him back.
(c) She agrees to meet him at a market later that afternoon.
(d) She tells her brother to never bring anyone to the house again.

15. Who does Valentin confess asked him to come visit Newman in his home?
(a) His mother.
(b) Mrs. Tristam.
(c) A police detective.
(d) His sister.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Newman from?

2. What do the Nioches add to Noemie's first painting that brings its price up?

3. What is Newman on the verge of doing when he spots Tom Tristam?

4. How does Newman feel about the idea that he isn't good enough to marry Claire?

5. How does Newman come to view Tristam after a while?

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