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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What decision has Mouret made at the beginning of Chapter 9?
(a) Give everyone a raise.
(b) Sell the store.
(c) Extend store hours.
(d) Rearrange the departments.

2. There are rampant rumors that Mouret will marry ___________.
(a) Cecile.
(b) Denise.
(c) Pauline.
(d) Emma.

3. Who decides to steal Colomban from his fiancee?
(a) Clara.
(b) Pauline.
(c) Edna.
(d) Cecille.

4. What thought does Mouret begin to entertain at the end of Chapter 12?
(a) Expanding to London.
(b) Vacationing in St. Moritz.
(c) Marrying Denise.
(d) Retiring.

5. What does Madame Desforges flaunt in front of Denise?
(a) Her home.
(b) Her social statuse.
(c) Her jewelry.
(d) Her affair with Mouret.

6. What does Baudu hope will energize his shop?
(a) Major renovations.
(b) New inventory.
(c) Christmas shopping.
(d) The completion of the new road.

7. What realization does Denise come to?
(a) She wants children.
(b) She will never marry.
(c) She loves Mouret.
(d) She wants to leave Paris.

8. Who is caught stealing during the big sales?
(a) Madame Desforges.
(b) Madame Boulanger.
(c) Madame de Boves.
(d) Madame Ballou.

9. What does Baudu talk to Colomban about?
(a) Postponing the wedding.
(b) Opening a branch store.
(c) Buying new inventory.
(d) Expanding the shop.

10. What does Genevieve's death symbolize?
(a) The need to be assertive to get what you want.
(b) The suffering one does for love.
(c) The plague that is speeding across France.
(d) The death of old ways of doing business.

11. Why can Denise be nothing more than a mistress to Mouret?
(a) She is not in his class.
(b) He is her employer.
(c) He is engaged to be married.
(d) He is married.

12. What does Mouret tell Denise to take in his office?
(a) A handful of money.
(b) A vase.
(c) A paperweight.
(d) A portrait.

13. What item of clothing has Denise come to help Madame Desforges with?
(a) An evening gown.
(b) A cocktail dress.
(c) A wedding dress.
(d) A coat.

14. Which of the following does Denise NOT have implemented for the staff as a result of her relationship with Mouret?
(a) A library.
(b) Gym memberships.
(c) Game rooms.
(d) Educational classes.

15. For whom do Pepe and Jean buy some articles during the big sale?
(a) Pepe's girlfriend.
(b) Jean's wife.
(c) Baudu.
(d) Denise.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to a shop owner if he/she is forced to work for someone else?

2. How does Madame de Boves behave when discovered stealing?

3. What does Mouret plan for after Denise has gone?

4. What type of women does Madame Desforges say that Mouret's store cannot dress?

5. How does Mouret feel about Denise at this point?

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