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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 Noemie think the duel will do?
(a) Prove that Claire really isn't worth fighting over.
(b) Increase her importance.
(c) Prove that Newman isn't as honorable as he acts.
(d) Show how silly such things are.

2. What does Valentin think of his family's involvement in breaking up Claire and Newman's engagement?
(a) He could care less.
(b) He is proud.
(c) He is grateful.
(d) He is ashamed.

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

4. Who confirms to Newman that Claire's father was murdered?
(a) Madame de Bellegarde.
(b) Claire.
(c) Noemie.
(d) Urbain.

5. Who does Valentin want to come visit him once he is injured from the duel?
(a) Nioche.
(b) Claire.
(c) Noemie.
(d) Newman.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Newman decide to try to talk to Claire's mother and brother one last time after the engagement is called off?

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

3. What does Newman tell the Bellegardes about how Valentin felt about his family on his deathbed?

4. Who insists that Newman be allowed in visit the injured Valentin?

5. What does Urbain make sure to do at the engagement party?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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. How does the Bellegarde family react when Newman tells him that he and Claire are engaged?

8. What promise to Mrs. Bread does Newman fulfill in Chapter 23?

9. What does Newman first tell the injured Valentin about Claire?

10. What threat does Newman end up making to Urbain about the information he has on the Bellegarde family?

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