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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What torments the priest at the beginning of Chapter 5?
(a) The vindictive parishioners
(b) The gossiping girls
(c) His inability to pray
(d) The suicide of Dr. Delbende

2. Of what does Mlle Louise warn the young priest?
(a) The parish council's demand for his resignation
(b) The gossip of the altar society
(c) Mlle Chantal's hatred toward him
(d) The seriousness of digestive illnesses

3. With whom does the priest meet to arrange Mme la Comtesse's funeral?
(a) The canon
(b) The funeral director
(c) The Bishop
(d) The altar boys

4. What is the sacristan's reply to the priest?
(a) That the priest should wait for people to come to him instead of vice versa
(b) That the funeral flowers will be delivered this afternoon
(c) That more candles have been ordered
(d) That the choir practice time has been changed

5. What happens to the priest one day as he is making his visits to parishioners?
(a) He decides to quit early
(b) He gets lost
(c) He faints and coughs up blood
(d) He has a picnic lunch

6. What does the doctor advise the priest to eat?
(a) Milk and water with sugar
(b) Pasta
(c) Lemonade
(d) Bread

7. What does the Cure de Torcy think about the young priest when he visits his home?
(a) He needs therapy
(b) He is inspired
(c) He is genuinely kind
(d) He must be an alcoholic

8. Where does the priest spend the night?
(a) A hospice
(b) An inn
(c) Louis' house
(d) A hotel

9. Without the priest's assistance, Mme la Comtesse would have died _________________________.
(a) without the Last Rites
(b) a long, painful death
(c) with hatred toward God
(d) happily

10. What does Mme la Comtesse tell the priest about her husband?
(a) He has had many affairs
(b) He is a homosexual
(c) He has a terminal illness
(d) He is a devoted husband

11. What does Mlle Chantal tell the priest about her mother?
(a) She is glad her mother is dead
(b) She is overwhelmed with grief
(c) She killed her mother
(d) She knows her mother's secrets

12. What does the priest do regarding his health this morning?
(a) He takes vitamins
(b) He takes extra strength antacids
(c) He makes an appointment with a doctor
(d) He begins an exercise regimen

13. How does M. le Comte behave toward the priest?
(a) Hostile
(b) Bereaved
(c) Gracious
(d) Very cold

14. What does the Cure de Torcy tell the young priest about his stomach pains?
(a) It is all in his head
(b) He should take an antacid
(c) He should eat better
(d) He should see a specialist

15. Why does the priest think most people are unhappy?
(a) They do not like themselves
(b) They don't make enough money
(c) They had bad childhoods
(d) They marry the wrong person

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the priest note about himself at the beginning of Chapter 6?

2. What does Mlle Chantal do at the priest's house before he leaves for Lille?

3. Who informs the Cure de Torcy about the priest's death?

4. What does Seraphita leave behind in the classroom?

5. Why is Seraphita sad when she talks to the priest?

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