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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 do Villanelle and Henri pose as while they are travelling together?
(a) Brother and sister.
(b) Niece and nephew.
(c) Husband and wife.
(d) Cousins.

2. How does the vivandiere say she was able to get the food she and Patrick are eating?
(a) She owns them.
(b) In exchange for sex.
(c) She paid for them.
(d) She stole them.

3. What does the Jewish man want to exchange with the woman he meets on the street?
(a) Minds.
(b) Lives.
(c) Tears.
(d) Hearts.

4. How many languages does Villanelle learn how to speak in the years after she runs away from her husband?
(a) 2.
(b) 5.
(c) 15.
(d) 10.

5. How long has the group been travelling when Patrick begins to behave oddly?
(a) Two days.
(b) Two years.
(c) Two weeks.
(d) Two months.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Villanelle´s husband do after she loses to him?

2. Why does Henri say he followed Napoleon so wholeheartedly?

3. What do Villanelle, Henri, and Patrick pose as while they are deserting?

4. What slips into the canal when Villanelle sees the Queen on her balcony?

5. What does the vivandiere tell Henri the Russians hide under?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the name of the institution that Henri stays in? Why is he moved to a different room?

2. What game does Villanelle say she entered with the Queen of Spades? What was the wager?

3. What does Henri do after he kills Villanelle's husband? What is Villanelle's reaction?

4. How long are Villanelle and her husband together before she leaves him? What does she do in order to sneak away?

5. How does Villanelle know the cook? What connection does Henri finally make between him, Villanelle, and her fluency in French?

6. What are the terms of Villanelle's husband's will? How does this influence Henri's decision to confess?

7. In the beginning of Chapter 4, who haunts Henri in his room? Why are his hands greasy? What does this person ask Henri?

8. What does Henri find in the sixth room of the Queen's house? How complete is it? What is important about this?

9. How long does Villanelle say she knew the Queen of Spades? How many nights did they have together?

10. When Henri asks Patrick to desert with him, what does Patrick say? What is Henri´s reaction to the state of his good friend?

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