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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. Why is the La Mottes' son forced to leave his family in Chapter 6?
(a) He is kidnapped by the Marquis.
(b) He has heard news from his fiancee in Calais.
(c) His regimental leave is over.
(d) He has business matters in Paris.

2. How does Adeline feel about the Marquis coming to dinner?
(a) She is excited.
(b) She is cautiously anticipating his visit.
(c) She is indifferent to his company.
(d) She dreads it.

3. What is written on the manuscript Adeline found?
(a) A last will and testament.
(b) A love letter.
(c) A coded message.
(d) The story of a man who was held captive in the abbey.

4. What awakes Adeline in Chapter 8?
(a) A succession of pebbles hitting her window.
(b) The sound of a dying rabbit in the forest.
(c) Mrs. La Motte weeping.
(d) The Marquis knocking on La Motte's door.

5. What is rumored to have happened where La Motte and his group are staying?
(a) A plague killed the entire household.
(b) A man was hanged.
(c) A woman jumped off the roof.
(d) A man was held prisoner.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens when La Motte's servant goes to the town the first time in Chapter 2?

2. How does Madame La Motte encourage Adeline to treat the Marquis?

3. Why does Adeline stop reading the manuscript at the beginning of Chapter 9?

4. What do the La Mottes hear one evening outside the abbey in Chapter 6?

5. Where does Adeline discover a hidden door in her room?

Short Essay Questions

1. What worries do Adeline and Theodore have as they travel away from the Marquis in Chapter 12?

2. In Chapter 5, while singing in the woods, who does Adeline see and what does she do?

3. How does Adeline get along with the La Mottes after they settle in the abandoned abbey?

4. When the Marquis returns to the abbey in Chapter 8, what does he declare and how does Adeline respond? Why does Madame La Motte encourage Adeline to be amiable to the Marquis?

5. Where is Adeline taken at the beginning of Chapter 11? What is she told while there?

6. How does Adeline react when she reads the manuscript in Chapter 9? What does Adeline think she hears and sees while she is reading the manuscript?

7. What does Adeline beg La Motte for in Chapter 9?

8. Who arrives at the abbey on a stormy night in Chapter 6?

9. What do Louis and Madame La Motte squabble over at breakfast in Chapter 5?

10. What does La Motte do to make Adeline cry in Chapter 1?

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