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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. What does Léonie do after Louis leaves the bathroom?
(a) Goes in and stares at the toiletries and soap in the bathroom.
(b) Goes into the bathroom and takes a shower.
(c) Goes outside with Louis while he washes at the pump.
(d) Lies in the haystack with Louis.

2. Upon what four things in the catechism does Thérèse concentrate?
(a) Death, sin, heaven and angels.
(b) Death, sacrifice, angels, heaven.
(c) Death, judgment, angels, sacrifice.
(d) Death, judgment, heaven, and hell.

3. What does Louis suffer after Antoinette dies?
(a) Feelings of confusion.
(b) Feelings of guilt since he had been tired of caring for her.
(c) A period of intense grief.
(d) A feeling of relief.

4. How is the farmhouse described?
(a) As a rickety old building.
(b) As changeable.
(c) As a safe haven.
(d) As common.

5. Where will Thérèse sleep?
(a) In the master bedroom where her parents slept.
(b) In the attic.
(c) In the tiny guest room in the back of the house.
(d) In a guest cottage near the main house.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the girls "doctor" each other?

2. What is the name of Léonie's mother?

3. Who of the Germans stays at the Martin estate during the war?

4. Why does Victorine still hate the Germans?

5. What happens to what the girls bring up from the cellar?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do you think the wind Léonie feels means?

2. To what do you think Léonie's dream in "The Red Suitcase," is related and of what do you think the suitcase is symbolic?

3. What rather strange and perhaps a bit disturbing fact is revealed about Léonie in this chapter?

4. What do you think is the significance of Thérèse's threat of "the silent treatment" to Léonie?

5. What task do you believe is now set before Léonie?

6. In "The Gray Silk Nightshirt," as the two women sit and chat in Thérèse's room, what is revealed overtly or implied about their relationship and each woman as individuals?

7. What in "The Ivory Ring" chapter foreshadows Thérèse's despondency about her mother's death and her father transferring his affection to Madeleine?

8. Who is Thérèse manipulating in the chapter, "The Dust," and why do you think she does this?

9. How do the two bakeries mentioned in "The Bread Basket" represent the same situation as that of Léonie and Thérèse?

10. In "The Onyx Ashtray," what are the ways the Priest conspires to keep the knowledge about the found bones from becoming a focus for the media?

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