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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. How does M. Paul react when he receives Lucy's gift for his fete-day?
(a) He is very pleased.
(b) He does not care either way.
(c) He is embarrassed.
(d) He does not like it .

2. What month does Lucy tell the reader M. Paul's ship is due home?
(a) December.
(b) November.
(c) August.
(d) February.

3. Lucy will never be Catholic. Why?
(a) She doesn't believe in the extravagance of the Mass.
(b) She does not need religion.
(c) She does not like the Pope.
(d) Her parents were Protestant.

4. When Lucy sees M. Paul arrive at the fete-night with Justine Marie, his young ward, what does she think?
(a) M. Paul clearly does not like Justine Marie.
(b) M. Paul will marry Justine Marie when he returns.
(c) M. Paul does not look happy at all .
(d) Justine Marie is not very pretty.

5. Paulina asks Lucy her opinion of Graham. What does Lucy say about Graham?
(a) He is too quiet.
(b) He does not like Paulina.
(c) He is a kind man.
(d) He is rude.

Short Answer Questions

1. What excuse does M. Paul give Lucy for not wanting to marry Zylie?

2. In the end of the book, Lucy tells the readers that the skies are darkening and that many ships have been lost to the sea. Lucy never confirms that M. Paul returned to her. What does this leave the reader to infer?

3. When Madame Beck refuses to leave the room where Lucy and M. Paul are saying goodbye, what does M. Paul do?

4. What do Messieurs Boissec and Rochemorte ask Lucy to write an essay about?

5. Who makes it clear that they do not approve of M. Paul's relationship with Lucy?

Short Essay Questions

1. Lucy closes the book letting her readers know that M. Paul is expected in November and letting the reader know of the many storms that have claimed lives in the seas. What is one ending regarding Lucy and M. Paul the reader can infer?

2. Why did M. Paul drive Madame Panache out of La Rue Fossette?

3. Why is Rosine afraid to take a message to M. Paul?

4. How did M. Paul keep his promise to the students and teachers of La Rue Fossette?

5. Lucy sees her friends the Brettons and de Bassompierre's at the fete-night and overhears their conversation. What is said and how does it make Lucy feel?

6. Why does Madame Beck send Lucy on the errand to Madame Walravens?

7. Why does M. Paul show Lucy's essay to his colleagues?

8. Why is Zylie so interested in M. Paul?

9. What explanation does Ginevra give Lucy about the nun?

10. In Chapter 31, Lucy is trying to create a plan to gain more independence, what is her plan?

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