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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) The narrator needs the practice.
(d) Fabienne can not write.

2. What animals does M. Devaux raise?
(a) Sheep.
(b) Cows.
(c) Pigs.
(d) Pigeons.

3. What does the narrator say "corrupts"?
(a) Anger.
(b) Time.
(c) Freedom.
(d) Happiness.

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

5. What animals does the narrator raise as an adult?
(a) Rabbits.
(b) Sheep.
(c) Geese.
(d) Otters.

6. What does M. Devaux think of the first book of stories?
(a) They are bad.
(b) They are macabre.
(c) They are suspicious.
(d) They are brilliant.

7. Who is the village postmaster?
(a) M. Devaux.
(b) M. Chastain.
(c) M. Richarde.
(d) M. Picard.

8. What is the most inexplicable think about childhood, according to Agnes?
(a) Eating.
(b) Singing.
(c) Hatred.
(d) Friendship.

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

10. Who investigates Fabienne's claims about M. Devaux?
(a) M. Richarde.
(b) M. Miro.
(c) M. Picard.
(d) M. Meinen.

11. What does Fabienne say she and the narrator are like?
(a) A ghost.
(b) A fire.
(c) One person.
(d) A movement.

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

13. When was the happiest summer of Agnes's life?
(a) 1954.
(b) 1953.
(c) 1960.
(d) 1950.

14. What does Fabienne often call the narrator?
(a) An idiot.
(b) An angel.
(c) A fiend.
(d) A genius.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Agnes worry Fabienne might do to M. Devaux?

2. What does Fabienne say when she does not want to do something Agnes suggests?

3. What problem do the narrator and her husband have?

4. How many stories are in the narrator's and Fabienne's first book?

5. How does the narrator feel about the book writing?

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