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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Newman ask when Mrs. Bread requests to know more about Valentin's last hours?
(a) To give him some time before he answers.
(b) She should ask Claire's mother instead.
(c) They meet in private later.
(d) She should never ask him again.

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

3. 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.

4. Who is Newman's least favorite person of the Bellegarde family?
(a) Valentin.
(b) Claire.
(c) Madame de Bellegarde.
(d) Urbain.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who tells Newman where the convent is that Claire has joined?

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

3. Once Newman and Claire are engaged, what warning does Mrs. Bread give Newman?

4. What advice does Newman give Lord Deepmere on the night of his engagement party?

5. What does Newman promise Mrs. Bread if he marries Claire?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Claire tell Newman about the reason why the engagement has been called off?

2. What does Claire plan to do now that she is no longer engaged to Newman?

3. What kind of story does a duchess tell about Newman at this engagement party?

4. What does Newman ask Mrs. Tristam about at the engagement party?

5. How did Mrs. Bread get connected to the Bellegarde familiy?

6. What does Urbain confirm about his father's murder to Newman?

7. Why does Mrs. Tristam arrange for Newman to see Claire in her convent?

8. What does Urbain's wife ask Newman to do during the opera?

9. What does Mrs. Tristam have to say about Claire and Newman's broken engagement?

10. What is Newman's original plan in confronting Urbain and Madame de Bellegarde about the way Claire's father died?

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