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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. Who is the narrator's best friend.
(a) Madeline.
(b) Stella.
(c) Fabienne.
(d) Robin.

2. How does the narrator feel about the book writing?
(a) It wearies her.
(b) It makes her suspicious.
(c) It thrills her.
(d) It makes her angry.

3. Why does Fabienne think Agnes is a better envoy for the book?
(a) Agnes is smarter.
(b) Agnes is taller.
(c) Agnes is quieter.
(d) Agnes is prettier.

4. Where do the narrator and Fabienne grow up?
(a) Saint Michelle.
(b) Saint Roch.
(c) Saint Remy.
(d) Saint Picard.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Fabienne think she needs to do for Agnes?

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

3. Who takes Fabienne's picture in her village in Part II?

4. What does Agnes do with her money from the book?

5. How is Agnes's hotel dinner served?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Agnes's family handle Jean's death?

2. What do the people in Paris think of Agnes there?

3. Why does Fabienne think Agnes should be the "face" of their books?

4. What does Agnes briefly fear Fabienne might do to M. Devaux?

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

6. Why do Agnes and Fabienne go to M. Devaux to help with their book?

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

8. What does Agnes's and Fabienne's first book focus on?

9. What does Jean, Agnes's brother, struggle with?

10. What does the photographer M. Bazin tell Agnes when he shoots her pictures?

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