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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. Who goes out to check if there are soldiers in the abbey?
(a) Adeline.
(b) Mr. La Motte.
(c) No one.
(d) Peter.

2. What would Adeline prefer to do rather than visit with the Marquis at the beginning of Chapter 8?
(a) Sleep.
(b) Stay in her room.
(c) Sit with Theodore.
(d) Play in the forest.

3. Who is the leader of the strangers who enter the abbey in Chapter 6?
(a) The Marquis de Montalt.
(b) The Marquis de Arnoult.
(c) The Marquis de Denault.
(d) The Marquis de Hubert.

4. How does Madame La Motte encourage Adeline to treat the Marquis?
(a) Coldly.
(b) Amicably.
(c) With respect.
(d) With a cautious heart.

5. How does Adeline feel when she hears she will be taken from the convent?
(a) Angry.
(b) Confused.
(c) Delighted.
(d) Scared.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is La Motte's party forced to stay for several days in the town they stop at?

2. Who does the Marquis send to attend to Adeline in Chapter 11?

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

4. How old was Adeline when she was taken to a different convent to live?

5. What city are the La Mottes leaving at the beginning of the novel?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Theodore hear Adeline saying in the woods in Chapter 7? What does Theodore warn Adeline about?

2. 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?

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

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

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

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

7. After learning that her father will take her away from the convent, why does Adeline go from delight to apprehension? Where does her father take her after the convent?

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

9. Why does Adeline emerge from the La Mottes' hiding place at the beginning of Chapter 5? Who does she meet when she does so?

10. What does Peter find out about the abbey when he goes to town?

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