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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 is the relationship between Richard and Suzette in the book?
(a) Brother and sister.
(b) Lovers.
(c) Cousins.
(d) Mother and son.

2. How does Marcel feel about the way he meets Christophe for the first time?
(a) Distraught.
(b) Excited.
(c) Sad.
(d) Happy.

3. What is the name of the person who owns a home where a child's wake is held in Section 4, Volume 1?
(a) Anna Bella.
(b) Christophe.
(c) Dolly Rose.
(d) Juliet.

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

5. Whom is Marcel at the opera with when he spots his father in the audience?
(a) Anna Bella.
(b) Marie.
(c) Richard.
(d) Michael.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Cecile ask Marcel to read her some letters in the beginning of the book?

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

3. How does Christophe's mother react to his return near the beginning of the book?

4. Who is Juliet angry to find in her home at the beginning of Section 5, Volume 1?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Juliet tell Marcel about how she feels about Michael in Section 5, Volume 1?

2. How does Marcel try to learn to read in Section 3, Volume 1?

3. Why is Marcel not able to spend time with Anna Bella in Section 2, Volume 1 of the book?

4. What happens to the diaries Jean Jacques promises Marcel after he dies?

5. What happens when the men learn Michael has contracted yellow fever?

6. What does Marcel think of the renovations made at Christophe's school the first time he sees it?

7. How do Marcel and Juliet come to sleep together for the first time?

8. What does Philippe ask Richard to do after a child's wake in Section 4, Volume 1?

9. What does Anna Bella ask of Richard regarding Marcel in Section 4, Volume 1?

10. How is Christophe's relationship with Michael first described?

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