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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Marcel become interested in when he stops speaking to his mother in the book?
(a) Girls.
(b) Things people create.
(c) Education.
(d) Photography.

2. Who finds the thought of Marie being presented foolish until Marcel shows an interest in it?
(a) Anna Bella.
(b) Cecile.
(c) Dolly Rose.
(d) Philippe.

3. What is the term used to describe the practice in which women of color would enter into an arrangement with a white man?
(a) Secretaire.
(b) Lermontant.
(c) Mercier.
(d) Plaçage.

4. Who is expelled from school near the beginning of the book?
(a) Christophe.
(b) Michael.
(c) Marcel.
(d) Richard.

5. Who dies in Section 6, Volume 1?
(a) Michael.
(b) Jean Jacques.
(c) Philippe.
(d) Cecile.

6. Who has a servant named Bubbles in the book?
(a) Dolly Rose.
(b) Juliet.
(c) Cecile.
(d) Philippe.

7. Where does Marcel hope to move to when he is allowed to leave his family?
(a) Chicago.
(b) New York.
(c) Rome.
(d) Paris.

8. Who is Juliet angry to find in her home at the beginning of Section 5, Volume 1?
(a) Vincent.
(b) Marcel.
(c) Michael.
(d) Christophe.

9. What is the relationship between Juliet and Christophe?
(a) Husband and wife.
(b) Mother and son.
(c) Brother and sister.
(d) Cousins.

10. Whose arrival does Marcel dread at the beginning of Section 7, Volume 1?
(a) Philippe's.
(b) Jean Jacques'.
(c) Christophe's.
(d) Anna Bella's.

11. How many years did Christophe go without speaking to his mother after arriving in Paris?
(a) 3.
(b) 4.
(c) 2.
(d) 1.

12. What does Marcel's friend promise to give him when he dies but Marcel is never able to receive?
(a) A horse.
(b) Tools.
(c) A house.
(d) Diaries.

13. What is the name of a young boy that returns Christophe's key in Section 5, Volume 1?
(a) Vincent.
(b) Bobby.
(c) Michael.
(d) Bubbles.

14. Who is to be presented at a birthday party in Section 6, Volume 1?
(a) Dolly Rose.
(b) Cecile.
(c) Anna Bella.
(d) Marie.

15. Who is upset by how Anna Bella is treated in regard to Marcel in Section 4, Volume 1?
(a) Richard.
(b) Christophe.
(c) Rudolphe.
(d) Michael.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the person who owns a home where a child's wake is held in Section 4, Volume 1?

2. What is the name of the friend who runs after the person who is expelled at the beginning of the book?

3. Whom does Anna Bella hear speaking derogatorily about her looks in Section 5, Volume 1?

4. Who awakes Marcel at the beginning of Section 6, Volume 1?

5. What is the name of the girl that Marcel is made to stop seeing because she becomes of age to be courted?

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