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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Newman learn that Valentin will not survive his wounds?
(a) By reading it in the paper.
(b) When he sees Valentin for himself.
(c) In bed, while he is asleep.
(d) At the train station.

2. How does the Bellegarde family welcome him when he tells them that he and Claire are engaged?
(a) They kick him out of their house.
(b) With open, loving arms.
(c) Coldly.
(d) No one talks to him for weeks.

3. Where does Valentin's burial take place?
(a) Paris.
(b) London.
(c) Madrid.
(d) Fleurieres.

4. What advice does Newman give Lord Deepmere on the night of his engagement party?
(a) To leave town as soon as possible.
(b) To listen to Madame de Bellegarde.
(c) To stay away from the family.
(d) To make his move on Noemie.

5. Whom does Newman see entering Claire's chapel just as he is leaving?
(a) Mrs. Bread.
(b) Tristam.
(c) Her mother and Urbain.
(d) Claire herself.

6. How does Noemie feel about the duel?
(a) Nervous.
(b) Uninterested since it doesn't involve her.
(c) She thinks the whole thing is silly.
(d) Excited.

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

8. What does Newman tell the Bellegardes about how Valentin felt about his family on his deathbed?
(a) He loved them all very much.
(b) He was proud of them.
(c) He was ashamed of them.
(d) He disowned them.

9. How does Claire seem as her marriage to Newman grows closer?
(a) More and more stressed out.
(b) Angry at him for putting her in this position.
(c) Happy and at peace.
(d) Questioning her decision.

10. With whom does Valentin commit himself to a duel?
(a) Tristam.
(b) Newman.
(c) Noemie's friend from the opera.
(d) Urbain.

11. How does Claire feel about the duel?
(a) She finds it funny.
(b) She plans on bringing a picnic lunch to watch.
(c) She is very nervous.
(d) She makes sure a reporter is there to record everything.

12. Who tells Newman that Valentin will not survive his wounds?
(a) A friend of Valentin.
(b) Someone in a dream.
(c) A doctor.
(d) No one; Newman can see it for himself.

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

14. What does Newman promise Mrs. Bread if he marries Claire?
(a) He'll prove her wrong.
(b) She can bet she'll be taken out of the will.
(c) He'll take care of Mrs. Bread, too.
(d) She can forget about him.

15. How does Newman find out that Valentin has been injured in the duel?
(a) By watching it himself.
(b) By hearing about it on the news.
(c) By telegraph.
(d) By reading about it in the paper.

Short Answer Questions

1. What threat does Newman make about telling the family secret?

2. What members of her family has Claire refused to see?

3. What does Newman directly say to Urbain and his mother when he confronts them after Claire is at the convent?

4. Whom must Newman spend time with when he goes to visit Claire in her home?

5. What is Urbain unhappy about at the engagement party?

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