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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did an orange not think itself good enough for?
(a) A cherry.
(b) An apple.
(c) A knife.
(d) A banana.

2. Where do the narrator and Fabienne often go together for peace?
(a) The river.
(b) The cemetery.
(c) The forest.
(d) The sea.

3. Who does the narrator meet in Paris?
(a) M. Jerrot.
(b) M. Perret.
(c) M. Filkin.
(d) M. Ministeri.

4. Why does Fabienne want the narrator to do the physical writing of the books?
(a) She has good penmanship.
(b) Fabienne can not write.
(c) She loves to write.
(d) The narrator needs the practice.

5. What does the photographer tell Agnes would not be interesting?
(a) Photographing her in front of the house.
(b) Photographing her in front of the Eiffel Tower.
(c) Eating ice cream.
(d) Photographing her in front of the river.

6. How many stories are in the narrator's and Fabienne's first book?
(a) 6.
(b) 8.
(c) 10.
(d) 2.

7. How old are the narrator and Fabienne when they start writing?
(a) 13.
(b) 5.
(c) 20.
(d) 18.

8. What impression does Agnes think she has given people of the countryside?
(a) One that is suspicious.
(b) One that is truthful.
(c) One that is angry.
(d) One that is fantastical and horrendous.

9. What, in general, are people often to the narrator?
(a) Hideous or tedious.
(b) Sinister.
(c) Boring.
(d) Kind.

10. What does Fabienne tell Agnes when Agnes returns from Paris?
(a) Fabienne likes to eat meat.
(b) Fabienne's father died.
(c) Fabienne is running away.
(d) Fabienne thinks she knows what it means not to be a virgin.

11. What does Fabienne say when she does not want to do something Agnes suggests?
(a) She is eating.
(b) She is praying.
(c) She is taking care of her animals.
(d) She is writing.

12. Where does the narrator live as an adult?
(a) Spain.
(b) Germany.
(c) Pennsylvania.
(d) Canada.

13. What do Fabienne and Agnes do with M. Devaux in Part II?
(a) Kill someone.
(b) Have sex.
(c) Dance.
(d) Drink.

14. How does Fabienne die?
(a) Childbirth.
(b) Cancer.
(c) Heart attack.
(d) Murder.

15. What can you not cut an apple with?
(a) A machete.
(b) A saw.
(c) A knife.
(d) An apple.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who helps the narrator and Fabienne write their books?

2. Why is Joline's lover executed?

3. What does Earl like to do with the narrator when they first get to America?

4. What does the public seem to think is extraordinary about Agnes?

5. Who tells the narrator of Fabienne's death?

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