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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Eric Viau do on New Year's Eve?

2. In Chapter 36, what does Dominique serve Armand, Isabelle, and Jean-Guy at the Auberge?

3. When did Reine-Marie's mother die?

4. In Chapter 39, where does Armand go?

5. Where was Snowflake Bentley from?

Short Essay Questions

1. What information do Armand and Reine-Marie find about Enid Horton?

2. What is learned about Robinson's mother?

3. Who is Jean-Paul, and what does Armand realize when he sees him in Chapter 41?

4. What does Robinson say about meeting Ruth Zardo and using her poem, and how does Armand contradict her?

5. After looking at autopsy reports, how does Dr. Sharon Harris believe that Maria Robinson died?

6. What showdown occurs at the end of Chapter 46?

7. What does Armand tell Isabelle and Jean-Guy regarding losing a parent?

8. How does Isabelle remember Armand helping her when she was in the hospital?

9. How was Ruth nearly treated by Cameron, and how did she avoid that fate?

10. What does Colette tell Armand, Isabelle, and Jean-Guy about the weekend she showed Paul Robinson's letter to Abigail?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Haniya and Reine-Marie have a conversation about snow and snowflakes. How do the two woman have different perceptions of snow and snowflakes? How do their perspectives influence their perceptions?

Essay Topic 2

Metaphors and similes are figures of speech that are used to make comparisons between things. Does the author use more metaphors or similes in The Madness of Crowds? How does the use of metaphors or similes help readers comprehend concepts? How does the use of metaphors or similes help readers make the writing more interesting?

Essay Topic 3

Ewen Cameron tortured patients he was supposed to treat. What did Cameron seem to assume about his patients? How did seeing them as inferior allow him to treat them like animals? Is his behavior and assumption of inferiority similar to what people assumed in Sudan when they treated Haniya and members of her ethnic group inhumanely?

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