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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 item does Adeline find in one of the hidden rooms in Chapter 8?
(a) A prayer book.
(b) A portrait of a mysterious woman.
(c) A sack of gold coins.
(d) A dagger.

2. What does La Motte tell his servant to buy on his second trip to the town?
(a) A safe.
(b) Weapons.
(c) Many blankets and candles.
(d) Furniture.

3. How long do the La Mottes stay in their hiding place in Chapter 5?
(a) Three months.
(b) Only a few days.
(c) Until they run out of food.
(d) Until the cold is too much for them to bear.

4. What does Adeline think she hears La Motte and the Marquis talking about in Chapter 8?
(a) Theodore.
(b) Her father.
(c) A planned attack on the abbey.
(d) Mrs. La Motte's failing health.

5. Who does the Marquis request to speak to privately in Chapter 9?
(a) Adeline.
(b) Louis.
(c) Theodore.
(d) La Motte.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is the La Mottes' son forced to leave his family in Chapter 6?

2. What happens to Adeline when she sees the Marquis enter her room in Chapter 11?

3. Why are the La Mottes leaving the city in Chapter 1?

4. Why does Adeline start to cry in Chapter 1?

5. What is the name of the forest into which La Motte's party travels?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. Where does La Motte send Peter in Chapter 2? Who does Peter have an argument with and why?

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

4. How does Adeline escape from the Marquis' home in Chapter 11? Who does she encounter after escaping?

5. What dreams does Adeline have in Chapter 7 after Theodore fails to show up for their arranged meeting?

6. Why does La Motte's group return to spend the night at the Abbey in Chapter 2?

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

8. With the Marquis expected for dinner, what does Adeline ask La Motte in Chapter 7, and how does he respond?

9. What does Adeline tell the La Mottes happened to her when she was seven and twelve years old?

10. Why is Madame La Motte saddened at the beginning of Chapter 1?

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