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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mme. Aubain do for the first few months after Virginie dies?
(a) Goes to confession every day.
(b) Stays in the house.
(c) Takes long aimless walks.
(d) Stays in her room.

2. How does the narrator describe Félicité's room?
(a) As resembling a neglected pawnshop.
(b) As testament to a life of memories.
(c) As a cluttered sanctuary of forlorn objects.
(d) As something between a chapel and a bazaar.

3. Who does Mme. Aubain dream of after Virignie's death?
(a) Her husband.
(b) Her parents.
(c) Herself.
(d) Paul.

4. What does Mme. Aubain do that offends Félicité?
(a) Refuses to share the contents of her daughter's letter.
(b) Disregards her concern for her nephew.
(c) Fails to notice her increasing depression.
(d) Gives her an old dress.

5. What sends Félicité into ecstasies?
(a) Memories of Paul and Virginie.
(b) The image of the Holy Spirit as a dove.
(c) When the sun catches Loulou's glass eye.
(d) The kindness of her friends.

6. What does Paul decide to do after he gets a job in the Registry Office?
(a) Get married.
(b) Give up gambling.
(c) Move to Germany.
(d) Move his mother to the city.

7. Whose debts does Mme. Aubain pay off?
(a) Victor's.
(b) Virginie's.
(c) M. Bourais'.
(d) Paul's.

8. What do Paul's parents tell him to do when he visits Félicité?
(a) Be kind.
(b) Bring home as many things as he can.
(c) Take her arm when they walk to Vespers.
(d) Tell her that they send their regards.

9. What upsets Félicité the most about the prospect of selling the house?
(a) That Paul won't be able to return home.
(b) That she will have to move out of her room.
(c) That Mme. Aubain's things will be sold at auction.
(d) That she won't be able to hear the church bells from her new lodgings.

10. How does Félicité meet her Polish suitor?
(a) Nursing cholera victims and looking after refugees.
(b) Her sister introduces them.
(c) He is a friend of Paul's.
(d) When he comes to beg Mme. Aubain for alms.

11. How does Mme. Aubain deal with her grief when Virginie goes away to school?
(a) She takes long solitary walks.
(b) She locks herself in her room for a week.
(c) Through socializing and writing letters.
(d) She cries for days.

12. How old is Mme. Aubain when she dies?
(a) 55.
(b) 72.
(c) 86.
(d) 98.

13. What do Mme. Aubain and Félicité spread out on the bed when they are going through Virginie's things?
(a) Virginie's paintings and needlework.
(b) Petticoats, stockings, and handkerchiefs.
(c) Dresses, shirts, and coats.
(d) Toys and books.

14. What does Félicité say to Fabu?
(a) She encourages him to go to confession more frequently.
(b) She tells him that she leaves him Loulou.
(c) She thanks him for his kindness to Loulou.
(d) She apologizes for suspecting him of murdering Loulou.

15. What does Félicité take as a keepsake from among Virginie's things?
(a) A doll.
(b) Shoes.
(c) A hat.
(d) A dress.

Short Answer Questions

1. What news does Félicité receive in a letter that Mme. Aubain reads to her?

2. Why does Félicité run ten miles in her clogs?

3. Where is the alter of the Corpus Christi placed?

4. What part of the catechism class does Félicité find beautiful and interesting?

5. Who commits suicide?

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