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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which relative of Mme. Aubain's frequently comes to visit?
(a) Her father.
(b) Her brother.
(c) Her nephew.
(d) Her uncle.

3. What is Félicité's defining act of heroism?
(a) She protects the family from burglers.
(b) She rescues the children from a band of gypsies.
(c) She saves Virginie from drowning.
(d) She protects Mme. Aubain and the children from a bull attack.

4. Who offers advice about where Paul should go to school?
(a) Félicité's brother-in-law.
(b) Mme. Liebard.
(c) The priest.
(d) M. Bourais.

5. On nice days, where do Félicité and the Aubain family go?
(a) To the baths.
(b) To the city gardens.
(c) To picnic at the Rhine.
(d) To the farm at Geffosses.

6. What is the last thing Félicité does before going to sleep?
(a) Write a letter to her sister.
(b) Cover the fire with ashes.
(c) Read her bible.
(d) Pray.

7. What color is the wainscoting in the living room?
(a) Red.
(b) Blue.
(c) Green.
(d) White.

8. Why does the family move back home?
(a) Virginie's cough resumed.
(b) Mme. Aubain missed her house.
(c) Paul needed to prepare to leave for school.
(d) Félicité had to return to tend to seasonal work.

9. What was Mme. Aubain's annual income?
(a) Fifty thousand francs.
(b) One hundred thousand francs.
(c) Nine hundred francs.
(d) Five thousand francs.

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

11. Who reads to Félicité for the first time in her life?
(a) M. Bourais.
(b) Mme. Aubain.
(c) Virginie.
(d) Paul.

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

13. Why does Felicite leave the farm she was working at while she dated Theodore?
(a) She decides to go home to her parents.
(b) She wants to become a teacher.
(c) She loses her job.
(d) She is upset when Theodore leaves her.

14. When Félicité was 25-years-old, how old did people think she was?
(a) Forty.
(b) Fifteen.
(c) Twenty-five.
(d) Sixty.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the most exciting part of the day in Trouville?

2. What smell pervades the living room?

3. What new activity do Félicité and Virginie begin at Christmas time?

4. How is Mme. Aubain's bedroom described?

5. Where is Trouville situated in the landscape?

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