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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 an important theme in this book?
(a) Greed.
(b) Infidelity.
(c) Racial identity.
(d) Man vs. nature.

2. What is Rose's first opinion of Paris?
(a) It is overrated.
(b) It is sparkling.
(c) It is much too noisy.
(d) It is crowded and dirty.

3. Who is Rose's daughter?
(a) Hortense.
(b) Jacqueline.
(c) Lucille.
(d) Cecile.

4. How does Rose try to tell the future in 'Mademoiselle'?
(a) By seeing visions.
(b) By using a crystal ball.
(c) By interpreting tea leaves.
(d) By reading fortune cards.

5. Who does Desiree arrange a marriage between?
(a) Rose and Hoche.
(b) Rose and Tallien.
(c) Rose and Louis.
(d) Rose and Alexandre.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who has given Rose her diary?

2. What is Alexandre's perception of Rose?

3. What does Marie's mother do for a living?

4. Who is Desiree's godson?

5. When does "Part I, Mademoiselle" begin?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Rose's family.

2. What is Rose's punishment for visiting the fortune teller?

3. What does Father Droppet urge Rose to do with her life?

4. How do Rose and Alexandre perceive each other on their first meeting?

5. What news does Rose's Uncle Tascher bring one day in 'Mademoiselle'?

6. What are some of the places or events that Rose attends in an attempt to stave off boredom?

7. Why is Rose so unhappy on her birthday in 'Mademoiselle'?

8. What fortune does Rose's sister, Catherine, receive from the fortune teller?

9. How has Rose's parent's marriage colored Rose's opinion of marriage?

10. How does the novel " The Many Lives and Secret Sorrows of Josephine B" begin?

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