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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 village postmaster?
(a) M. Richarde.
(b) M. Devaux.
(c) M. Picard.
(d) M. Chastain.

2. Who used to cut Agnes's hair?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Her father.
(c) Her brother.
(d) Her sisters.

3. What is the narrator's and Fabienne's first book about?
(a) Dead babies.
(b) Love.
(c) WWI.
(d) The vegetable garden.

4. When does Fabienne tell Anges they need to finish the book?
(a) Winter.
(b) Spring.
(c) Summer.
(d) Fall.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Fabienne's sister who died in childbirth?

2. What animals does the narrator raise as an adult?

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

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

5. Why does Fabienne want the narrator to do the physical writing of the books?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Fabienne tell Agnes about when she, Fabienne, says she will sort something out?

2. What does M. Bazin say Agnes is?

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

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

5. How does Agnes feel about her first trip to Paris?

6. Why does Fabienne decide to accuse M. Devaux of touching her?

7. Where do Agnes and Fabienne live?

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

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

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

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