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1. Where do Agnes and Fabienne live?

Agnes and Fabienne live in the small provincial French town of Saint Remy.

2. How does Agnes learn of Fabienne's death?

Agnes learns of Fabienne's death in a letter from Agnes's own mother.

3. Why does Fabienne's death seem especially tragic to Agnes?

Fabienne's death seems especially tragic to Agnes because Fabienne dies in Childbirth, in the same way that her own sister Joline died 20 years earlier.

4. How does Agnes describe her own marriage to Earl?

Agnes describes her own marriage to Earl as being happy and loving, but there is a detachment present, and they are unable to have children.

5. As childhood friends, what does Fabienne seem to think of Agnes?

As childhood friends, Fabienne obviously feels that she is superior in intellect to Agnes, and she even calls Agnes an idiot at one point.

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