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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II - Cosette.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does M. Myriel insist that Jean Valjean take with him when he is brought back to Myriel’s home by the police?
(a) A silver coin.
(b) A loaf of bread.
(c) A bag of money.
(d) Silver candlesticks.

2. What is the largest industry in Montreuil, according to the narrator in Part I – Fantine?
(a) Coal.
(b) Ship lumber.
(c) House lumber.
(d) Black beads.

3. What is the name of Fantine’s hometown to which she returns in order to find work in Part I – Fantine?
(a) Arras.
(b) Toulon.
(c) Feuilly.
(d) Montreuil-sur-mer.

4. How old is Cosette when she is introduced in Book III of Part II – Cosette?
(a) 11.
(b) 16.
(c) 4.
(d) 8.

5. Fauchelevent believes that Valjean is hiding from whom in Book VIII of Part II – Cosette?
(a) Creditors.
(b) Beggars.
(c) Javert.
(d) His family.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Fantine’s daughter in Part I – Fantine?

2. It is October of what year that Jean Valjean enters Digne in Book II of Part I – Fantine?

3. Who is the convict on the chain gang who saves the sailor from drowning on the Orion in Book II of Part II – Cosette?

4. Whom does Fantine beg to look after her daughter as she seeks work in Part I – Fantine?

5. What is the name of Cosette’s father in the novel?

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