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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is Agnes's hotel dinner served?
(a) On a white tablecloth.
(b) It is not served.
(c) On a silver tray with domed lid.
(d) On a plastic plate.

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

3. What do Agnes's parents say M. Devaux will do soon?
(a) Marry again.
(b) Get a new job.
(c) Die.
(d) Move away.

4. What does Bobby's ghost do?
(a) Blow air into cows' ears.
(b) Lie.
(c) Slam doors.
(d) Rattle pots.

5. What does the public seem to think is extraordinary about Agnes?
(a) She is very pretty.
(b) She is rich, but not very smart.
(c) She is smart, but rich.
(d) She is so young, yet she wrote such a great book.

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

7. What does Fabienne say she and the narrator do not have enough experience for?
(a) Traveling.
(b) Writing books.
(c) Having sex.
(d) Loving one another.

8. Why is Joline's lover executed?
(a) He stole food.
(b) He deserted the army.
(c) He is Black and had a relationship with a white woman.
(d) He is a murderer.

9. Who is the narrator's husband?
(a) Sam.
(b) Henry.
(c) Earl.
(d) Michael.

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

11. What did M. Devaux once write himself?
(a) Plays.
(b) Poems.
(c) Letters.
(d) Nothing.

12. What does Fabienne think she needs to do for Agnes?
(a) Coddle her.
(b) Tell her the answers to tests.
(c) Feed her.
(d) Explain everything to her.

13. What does a journalist admonish Agnes when she goes to Paris alone?
(a) Wait until she starts drinking.
(b) Wait until she starts smoking.
(c) Wait until she meets other writers.
(d) Wait until she meets older men.

14. When does Jean die?
(a) When Agnes is 20.
(b) When Agnes is away in Paris.
(c) Over lent.
(d) Over Christmas.

15. What does Fabienne say about animals?
(a) They are shy.
(b) They are stupid.
(c) They are cute.
(d) They are useless.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do the narrator and Fabienne often go together for peace?

2. Who takes Agnes's picture in Part II?

3. When was the happiest summer of Agnes's life?

4. What do Fabienne and Agnes do with M. Devaux in Part II?

5. Who are the narrator's sisters?

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