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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 requests that Agnes go to Paris alone in September?
(a) M. Richard.
(b) M. Picard.
(c) M. Chastain.
(d) M. Miro.

2. What does Agnes say most people fear?
(a) Death.
(b) Fortune.
(c) Fame.
(d) Loneliness.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Agnes do with her letter to Fabienne?

2. What does the photographer tell Agnes would not be interesting?

3. What does Fabienne say she and the narrator do not have enough experience for?

4. What did M. Devaux once write himself?

5. What does Jean say to the narrator before she goes to Paris?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happens to Joline, Fabienne's sister?

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

4. Why does Fabienne want Agnes to actually physically write the book?

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

6. What does Anges realize as an adult that Americans are quick to call someone?

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

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

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

10. Where do Fabienne and Agnes often go to be by themselves and talk?

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