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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. What does Mardame Arnaud try to do?
(a) Kill her husband.
(b) Kill herself.
(c) Take a lover.
(d) Impress Colette with her writing skills.

2. Who is Marco a friend of in "The Kepi"?
(a) Paul.
(b) Raoul.
(c) Rene.
(d) Richard.

3. What does the man in "The Murderer" go back to repeatedly?
(a) His house.
(b) His parents.
(c) The scene of the crime.
(d) His favorite restaurant.

4. What advice does the man in "The Advice" give to the young man?
(a) To join the army.
(b) To go back home.
(c) To go for a walk.
(d) To try to win his love back.

5. What does the victim of the man in 'The Burglar" think the man is in the house for?
(a) To court her.
(b) To move her furniture.
(c) To rob her.
(d) To deliver her paper.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the fox of the man try to do in "The Fox"?

2. What does the man in "The Advice" think the young man left?

3. Who does Marco start an affair with?

4. Who owns the countryside inn Colette goes to in "Bella-Vista"?

5. What is the consequence of the fox's actions in "The Fox"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does "In the Flower of Age" describe?

2. What does the boy in "Sick Child" go back and forth between?

3. Who is Delia in 'The Rainy Moon" and what is she mourning?

4. What is the man haunted by in "Dawn"?

5. What does the hollow nut Colette describes in "The Hollow Nut" symbolize?

6. What is Madame Arnaud forthcoming about in "The Photographer's Wife"?

7. Why does a man hide out in "The Omelet"?

8. What does an aging woman imagine in "The Judge"?

9. What do the women discuss during "Secrets"?

10. Why does Bernard end an affair in "The Rendezvous"?

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