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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 threat does Newman make about telling the family secret?
(a) He loves Claire too much to tell anyone else.
(b) He has already told a reporter.
(c) He has already told the police.
(d) He will tell everyone if he cannot marry Claire.

2. Who does Valentin think knows what really happened with his father's death?
(a) Claire.
(b) Newman himself.
(c) Mrs. Bread.
(d) Mrs. Tristam.

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

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

5. What piece of evidence does Newman show Urbain and his mother after they have all been to Claire's convent?
(a) The photo Mrs. Bread took.
(b) The bloody dagger.
(c) The note from Claire's father.
(d) A letter from Claire.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the injured Valentin think of Claire's feelings on the broken engagement?

3. Against whom does Mrs. Bread confess to having a grudge?

4. Where does Valentin's burial take place?

5. What indicates to the wounded Valentin that something is wrong with Newman?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Urbain request of Newman when he comes and confesses that his father was in fact murdered?

4. What does Valentin report to Newman has been happening between Noemie and her mysterious friend during the opera?

5. In Chapter XIII, what does Newman notably compare Claire's mother's personality to?

6. What does Mrs. Bread report the Bellegardes marriage was like?

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

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

9. Once Valentin and Newman learn that Noemie has been spending her time with a mysterious man, what does Valentin think about the situation?

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

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