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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are some of Félicité's chores?
(a) Various carpentry jobs around the house.
(b) Nurse the children and tidy the nursery.
(c) Milk the cow, scythe the yard, and drive the carriage.
(d) Bridle a horse, the washing, feeding the chickens.

2. Why does Mme. Aubain have to sell the majority of her properties?
(a) Her son lost them gambling.
(b) She needed money for her daughter's wedding.
(c) Because her husband ran into debt.
(d) She wanted the money to travel.

3. What kind of a mantle is in the living room?
(a) Rustic wood.
(b) Copper.
(c) Victorian style.
(d) Louis-Quinze-style.

4. What kind of a wage does Félicité earn?
(a) Moderate.
(b) Generous.
(c) Fair.
(d) Low.

5. What is described as the despair of the other housemaids?
(a) The spotless state of Félicité's saucepans.
(b) Félicité's loyalty to her mistress.
(c) The draper's son.
(d) Mme. Aubain's temper.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is peculiar about Félicité's dress?

2. How are the easy chairs in the living room upholstered?

3. Where is Mme. Aubain's house located?

4. What does the clock in the living room look like?

5. How is Mme. Aubain's husband described?

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