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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 Book VI of Part IV – Saint Denis, Gavroche discovers two abandoned hungry children and uses his money to buy them food without realizing they are what?
(a) The policeman’s sons.
(b) His cousins.
(c) Spies for the government.
(d) His younger brothers.

2. What thief pounces on Jean Valjean in Book IV of Part IV – Saint Denis?
(a) Gavroche.
(b) Fauchelevent.
(c) Tholomyes.
(d) Montparnasse.

3. To whom does Marius go for permission to marry Cosette in Book VIII of Part IV – Saint Denis?
(a) Monsieur Mabeuf.
(b) Monsieur Thenardier.
(c) Monsieur Gillenormand.
(d) Colonel Georges Pontmercy.

4. To what park does Marius go daily in Book II of Part IV – Saint Denis?
(a) Field of the Lark.
(b) Parc de Belleville.
(c) Luxembourg Gardens.
(d) Parc des Buttes Chaumont.

5. In what year does Marius turn eighteen in Book III of Part III – Marius?
(a) 1824.
(b) 1819.
(c) 1814.
(d) 1827.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Jean Valjean escape at the end of Book VIII of Part III – Marius?

2. What is the title of Book VIII in Part III – Marius?

3. How much money does Marius attempt to give Eponine for her information about Cosette in Book II of Part IV – Saint Denis?

4. Book X of Part IV – Saint Denis is set on what date?

5. How much money does Marius give to Eponine in Book VIII of Part III – Marius?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Gavroche go about helping two homeless children in Book VI of Part IV – Saint Denis? Who are these children?

2. What is the “Patron-Minette” and who comprises this group?

3. What attack does Gavroche witness in Book IV of Part IV – Saint Denis? What is the outcome of the conflict?

4. How is the outbreak of the June Rebellion described in Book X of Part IV – Saint Denis?

5. How does Marius inject himself into the lives of Cosette and Valjean in Book V of Part IV – Saint Denis?

6. How does Gavroche help the revolutionaries in Book X of Part IV – Saint Denis?

7. What historical event is described in Book I of Part IV – Saint Denis? What consequences of this event does the narrator point out?

8. How does the narrator describe Marius’s progression in school in Book V of Part III – Marius? What is his financial situation like?

9. How is the setting of “The House on Rue Plumet” described in Book III of Part IV – Saint Denis?

10. What does Marius learn about his father from Mabeuf in Book III of Part III – Marius? How does this information affect Marius?

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