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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters IV - VI.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Madam Raquin help Thérèse run a shop in Paris?
(a) To keep busy.
(b) To make sure she doesn't get left behind.
(c) To provide more money for the family.
(d) To give Thérèse directions.

2. At the end of "Chapter I", what does Thérèse do after leaving the shop?
(a) She looks out her window.
(b) She goes to bed.
(c) She goes for a walk.
(d) She writes in a journal.

3. In "Chapter V", whose portrait does Laurent offer to paint?
(a) Madame Raquin.
(b) Thérèse.
(c) Camille.
(d) Grivet.

4. In "Chapter VI", why does Laurent start coming to the Raquin apartment nearly every day?
(a) To help in the shop.
(b) To have tea.
(c) To paint a portrait.
(d) To share books.

5. In "Chapter I", how is Thérèse described in the shop?
(a) Like she is part of it.
(b) Like she doesn't know what she is doing.
(c) Like she is never there.
(d) Like she owns the place.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Thérèse know Laurent?

2. Where is the haberdashery shop that Thérèse works at located?

3. In "Chapter VI", how does the narrator describe Laurent's portrait?

4. Why does the narrator say Madame Raquin become Thérèse's guardian?

5. In "Chapter II", what does the narrator say is missing from Thérèse and Camille's relationship?

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