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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 does Napoleon do to Henri when he hears the explanation of Henri´s propping-up of the cook?
(a) Slaps him.
(b) Demotes him.
(c) Hugs him.
(d) Pinches his ear.

2. Why is Villanelle apprehensive about her first dinner date with the Queen of Spades?
(a) The Queen of Spades is too beautiful.
(b) The Queen of Spades thinks she is a man.
(c) The Queen of Spades wants her to have a mustache.
(d) The Queen of Spades is married.

3. What is Villanelle´s stepfather´s reaction to her webbed feet?
(a) "She can walk on water now."
(b) "There are stranger things."
(c) "She still has woman parts."
(d) "She should keep her feet covered."

4. What happens to the knife when the midwife tries to cut apart Villanelle´s toes?
(a) It breaks.
(b) It turns black.
(c) It flies out of her hand.
(d) It is bent.

5. Finish this line from Chapter 2: ¨Gambling is not a vice, it is an expression of ______."
(a) Our humaness.
(b) Our happiness.
(c) Our hatred.
(d) Our worldliness.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much does the cook weigh?

2. What does Villanelle do to the cards after the Queen of Spades leaves?

3. When Villanelle refuses to marry the rich man, what does he do to her?

4. When Villanelle is sitting at the restaurant on her day off, what does the waiter bring her?

5. What is the fog that descends over Venice called?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the Queen of Spades order when Villanelle first meets her? What is Villanelle´s reaction to the Queen of Spades?

2. In Part 1, what does Henri say the Blind peddler tells him about the Dark? What happens to this peddler?

3. While Henri serves in Court, what does he see Josephine doing? How does this make him feel?

4. Why did Henri's mother want to run away when she was young? How does Henri say his father won her over?

5. How many hands tall is Napoleon's horse? Why could no stable boy last?

6. When the rich meat man asks Villanelle to marry him, what prompts her to refuse? How does he react?

7. What is the name of the main character? When do we first hear it?

8. What does Henri do to the cook that impresses Bonaparte? Where did he get the idea?

9. When the little village girl asks Henri who he will kill, what does he reply? How does he clarify this for her?

10. What special talent does Patrick possess? What job is he given by Bonaparte?

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