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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 25, The Pillows | Chapter 26, The Statue of the Virgin.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Thérèse do when her mother takes her home at a year and a half?
(a) Responds to nothing and is absolutely quiet.
(b) Goes into a catatonic phase.
(c) Cries for the entire evening.
(d) Cuddles up to her mother immediately.

2. How do the girls "doctor" each other?
(a) Tie the patient to the bed.
(b) Wrap themselves in bandages.
(c) They are only doctoring the doll.
(d) Force castor oil down the throat.

3. What has Léonie pretended for 20 years?
(a) That Baptiste is the man she loves.
(b) That Thérèse would come and they could be together again.
(c) That Thérèse is dead.
(d) That the house belongs to her.

4. What does the new priest do when he arrives in the town near the farmhouse?
(a) Adds a cross to the shrine's altar.
(b) He puts an end to the worship at the shrine, as well as to the dancing and festivities.
(c) Consecrates the shrine.
(d) Has the shrine completely obliterated.

5. Why does Baptiste supposedly despise Thérèse?
(a) For encouraging him to marry Léonie.
(b) For listening to him and Léonie making love many years ago.
(c) Because she rejects his marriage proposal many years ago.
(d) Because he hates her father.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Léonie dream in the nightmare at the beginning of Chapter 18?

2. The novel begins with the description of what?

3. Why does Thérèse bang her head against the floor?

4. What does Thérèse notice as the only things that have changed?

5. What does Léonie do after Louis leaves the bathroom?

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