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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the cows give when Madeleine sleeps?
(a) Buttermilk.
(b) Double milk.
(c) Sour milk.
(d) Watery milk.

2. What does Mother do with all of the excess fruit from the orchard?
(a) She sells the fruit for a good profit.
(b) She turns the fruit into jam and bathes in it.
(c) She throws the fruit away.
(d) She makes preserves, pastries, and apple butter.

3. Who usurps Marguerite from her place in the spotlight performing?
(a) Duke of Wurtemburg.
(b) M. Pujol.
(c) Matilda.
(d) Senesino.

4. Why do Madeleine and Adrien weep and hold each other like orphans?
(a) Because they mourn M. Pujol's disappearance.
(b) Because they do not want to be separated.
(c) Because they hate the widow.
(d) Because they are in love.

5. Who does Mother ask for help from when trying to decipher Madeleine's behavior?
(a) Matilda.
(b) Jean-Luc.
(c) Papa.
(d) M. Pujol.

Short Answer Questions

1. Is Matilda aware of the sleeping Madeleine and the idiot when she is on stage?

2. Which character suffers from nightmares?

3. Why are the people from town angry when they come banging on the door to Mother's house?

4. How does the matron of the hospital feel about M. Jouy?

5. What does Matilda say her droppings smell like?

(see the answer key)

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