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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long has Mrs. Bread known Claire's mother?
(a) 40 years.
(b) 14 years.
(c) 24 years.
(d) 4 years.

2. Against whom does Mrs. Bread confess to having a grudge?
(a) Noemie.
(b) Madame de Bellegarde.
(c) Mrs. Tristam.
(d) Claire.

3. What role does Claire have in the church services at her convent?
(a) She is in the choir.
(b) She cleans the pews.
(c) She passes around the collection plate.
(d) She leads the service.

4. What two people does Newman find talking with Lord Deepmere the night of his engagement party?
(a) Urbain and Noemie.
(b) Mrs. Tristam and Claire.
(c) Claire and Madame de Bellegarde.
(d) Valentin and Urbain.

5. In Chapter XIII, what does Newman claim his feelings for Claire are?
(a) Scorn.
(b) Deep love.
(c) Jealousy.
(d) Deep fondness.

6. Newman threatens to tell the Bellegarde's family secret to ___________.
(a) The press.
(b) Claire.
(c) The police.
(d) Influential people at the engagement party.

7. Why does Newman decide to try to talk to Claire's mother and brother one last time after the engagement is called off?
(a) To ask for the gifts back that he gave Claire.
(b) To convince them to let him marry Claire.
(c) To ask them to give him a little money.
(d) Just to get his frustration out.

8. Who tells Newman during the opera that she is terribly bored with her husband?
(a) Urbain's wife.
(b) Claire.
(c) Noemie.
(d) Mrs. Tristam.

9. What surprises Valentin about the invitation his family sends out for Newman and Claire's engagement party?
(a) It doesn't mention that an American will be there as the entertainment.
(b) It leaves off Newman's full name.
(c) It isn't on their usual stationery.
(d) It doesn't have the family crest on it.

10. What indicates to the wounded Valentin that something is wrong with Newman?
(a) He overhears Newman talking to a reporter.
(b) Nothing in particular; he can just tell.
(c) He catches Newman crying when he thinks no one is looking.
(d) He overhears Newman talking to a messenger.

11. Whom does Valentin tell Newman he wants to come visit him?
(a) Claire.
(b) Urbain.
(c) His mother.
(d) All of these answers are correct.

12. How do Claire's brother and mother feel about her decision to become a nun?
(a) Very happy.
(b) Very unhappy.
(c) They pretended to be unhappy but actually were relieved.
(d) They don't really care what she does.

13. Who watches Valentin eat his last meal before the duel?
(a) Mrs. Tristam.
(b) Newman.
(c) Noemie.
(d) Valentin's wife.

14. Who first meets Newman when he has come to speak with Claire's mother and brother, supposedly for the last time?
(a) Noemie.
(b) Mrs. Tristam.
(c) Mrs. Bread.
(d) Tristam.

15. Who is Mrs. Bread?
(a) Mrs. Tristam's childhood friend.
(b) An old servant of the Bellegarde family.
(c) Newman's nanny.
(d) Newman's kindly upstairs neighbor.

Short Answer Questions

1. With whom does Newman go to the opera?

2. How does Newman find out that Valentin has been injured in the duel?

3. Where does Mrs. Bread move after she confesses to Newman about the Bellegarde family secret?

4. Where does Valentin's burial take place?

5. Who does Valentin suspect is involved in his father's death?

(see the answer keys)

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