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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What new activity do Félicité and Virginie begin at Christmas time?
(a) They begin to learn English.
(b) They join a choir.
(c) They begin piano lessons.
(d) They begin to go to catechism.

4. What does Félicité hold in her hands while she sleeps?
(a) A photo of her mother.
(b) Her bible.
(c) A rosary.
(d) A book.

5. What is placed against the wainscoting in the living room?
(a) A bed.
(b) A couch.
(c) Chairs.
(d) A stove.

6. What does Theodore do that makes marrying Félicité impossible?
(a) He dies.
(b) He marries another woman.
(c) He joins the army.
(d) He moves to Holland.

7. Where does Félicité sleep?
(a) Outside.
(b) On the sofa.
(c) In her arm chair.
(d) In her room.

8. What items did Félicité buy for her sister's family?
(a) Winter coats and boots.
(b) A blanket, shirts, and stove.
(c) Clothes and shoes.
(d) Mattresses for the children.

9. How does Félicité feel after her heroic event?
(a) She focuses her attention on Virginie.
(b) She feels strangely sad.
(c) She is proud of herself.
(d) She cannot stop talking about it.

10. How does Virginie make the journey to Tocqueville?
(a) In a carriage with her mother.
(b) M. Liebard carries her on his horse with him.
(c) She walks.
(d) On a horse with Félicité.

11. How is Mme. Aubain's bedroom described?
(a) Average size.
(b) Narrow but with high ceilings.
(c) Very small.
(d) Very large.

12. What smell pervades the living room?
(a) Roses.
(b) Horses.
(c) Fumes from the kitchen.
(d) Must.

13. Where is Félicité's bedroom?
(a) In the guest house.
(b) Next to the living room.
(c) On the second floor.
(d) In the basement.

14. Who in Félicité's family always kept out of sight?
(a) Her nieces.
(b) Her nephew.
(c) Her sister.
(d) Her brother-in-law.

15. What gift does M. Bourais bring for the children?
(a) A set of paints.
(b) An illustrated geography book.
(c) Clothing.
(d) Sheets of music.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is Félicité's relationship to Mme. Aubain?

3. When Félicité was 25-years-old, how old did people think she was?

4. How long have Félicité and Mme. Aubain been in this relationship?

5. Why does the family move back home?

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