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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What day of the week does Chapter 6 take place on?

2. Who comments that the child has been working on his sonatina for a month?

3. Finish the sentence: "Anne is ____ when it comes to her child".

4. What does the teacher tell Anne as the child is finishing his lesson in Chapter 5?

5. What is served for dessert at the dinner party?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Anne and the child's walk home from the cafe at the end of Chapter 6.

2. Describe how Anne leaves the cafe at the end of Chapter 8.

3. How does Chauvin describe the home life of the dead woman and her husband to Anne?

4. Why does Anne make her child repeat moderately and melodiously at the beginning of Chapter 5?

5. How do Anne and the child react when the teacher asks that someone besides Anne bring him to his music lessons from then on?

6. How does Chauvin describe the flower on Anne's dress to her in Chapter 6?

7. Why does the teacher to tell Anne that she will no longer be able to give the child piano lessons?

8. How is the preparation of the salmon described in Chapter 7?

9. What happens when the teacher makes the child play scales as punishment in Chapter 5?

10. Describe Anne and Chauvin's interaction outside the cafe just before they go inside.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze the child's lack of obedience in the book. What reasons might the child have for misbehaving? What does his lack of obedience say about Anne's parenting?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the portrayal of fantasy versus reality in the book. What was the author's purpose for pitting these two against one another? What is significant about the comparisons between fantasy and reality?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the role outside characters, such as the patronne and the child, play in Anne and Chauvin's conversations. What does their reactions and dialogue say about the nature of Anne and Chauvin's relationship?

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