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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. In Chapter 8, how long has Odile worked at the library?

2. Where does Paul go during the summers?

3. In Chapter 9, what color dress does Margaret lend Odile for Bastille Day?

4. In Chapter 8, how many books that are being donated does Odile have to sort through?

5. How long has it been since Remy joined the army in Chapter 13?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Mrs. Gustafson?

2. In Chapter 3, what are some impetuous things that Odile remembers her brother doing?

3. At the end of Chapter 17, why does Odile stay at the hospital after 9 p.m.?

4. What does Odile buy with her first month's salary from the library?

5. What does Boris tell Odile about his time in the army during the Russion Revolution?

6. Why does Lily's mother go to the hospital?

7. How does Odile describe the difference in the grand boulevard from the streets from her home?

8. How does Remy pack when he leaves for the army and why?

9. When does Lily's father start dating?

10. What type of relationship has Lily had with her mother before her mother got sick?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Setting is the place and time where a novel takes place. What are the settings in The Paris Library? How do the settings evoke feelings or set the mood in the book?

Essay Topic 2

Miss Reeder organizes a drive to get books to soldiers when war is declared. Why is it so important to get books to the soldiers?

Essay Topic 3

Some women have Nazi boyfriends. Are these women consorting with the enemy? Was it right to humiliate them after the war?

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