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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. In Chapter 51, what is the official story of how the fire at La Clayette started?
(a) The cause was never officially determined.
(b) A match was left burning outside.
(c) The children made themselves hot chocolate and forgot to turn the stove off.
(d) Someone's cigarette started the fire.

2. What does Violette say she would like to slip into Leonine's coffin?
(a) Leonine's book.
(b) Leonine's blanket.
(c) Leonine's ring.
(d) Herself.

3. What does Philippe feel keeps him going after Leonine's death?
(a) Drugs.
(b) Grief.
(c) Love.
(d) Anger.

4. What does Violette think is particularly strange about the official story of what happened at La Clayette the night Leonine died?
(a) Leonine hated milk.
(b) Matches were not allowed at the resort.
(c) No one at the resort smoked.
(d) Fires' causes are easy to determine.

5. Where does Violette feel closest to Leonine?
(a) In Marseilles, at the sea.
(b) In the cemetery.
(c) In her own house.
(d) On the mountain where Leonine died.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 69, who will take over Violette's duties while she is gone?

2. In Chapter 59, the epigraph says what about the tree?

3. In Chapter 75, who is buried?

4. How does Philippe feel about Celia?

5. How does Sasha tell Violette his wife and children died?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Sasha love doing as a hobby that he teaches Violette a great deal about?

2. What does Violette often dream after Leonine's death?

3. In Chapter 73, what shocking news does Philippe receive about Genevieve?

4. When does Violette stop celebrating her own birthday, and why?

5. In Chapter 80, why does Philippe go to see Edith Croquevielle?

6. Why does Violette not attend Leonine's funeral?

7. What does Violette sometimes sell to mourners, and why?

8. In Chapter 79, what does Irene do to take care of her husband Paul?

9. In Chapter 53, how does Sasha treat Violette when they meet?

10. What does Sasha eventually tell Violette of his own life's tragedies?

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