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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 do the Germans go to arrest Benoit for?

2. Who did Lucile and Madame Angellier briefly house during their exodus from Paris?

3. What does Madame Angellier constantly remind Marthe of?

4. What does Madeleine ask Lucile to do when she comes to visit Lucile?

5. Who comes to Charles Langelet's house looking for work as a maid?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Madame Angellier feel about her daughter-in-law, Lucile?

2. What happens to Charles Langelet in Chapter 29, and why is it ironic at this point?

3. What happens to the relationship between the French villagers and the German soldiers after the incident involving Benoit?

4. Describe Bruno von Falk. What does the development of his character do in the novel in Chapters 3 and 4?

5. What happens between the Viscountess de Montmort and Benoit while the Viscountess is out on one of her nighttime walks?

6. What happens to Madame Angellier as Lucile and Bruno become closer?

7. What is the atmosphere on the farm where Jean-Marie Michaud is staying?

8. Why are the Germans going to arrest Benoit and what happens when they arrive at the Sabarie house?

9. What do Gabriel Corte and Florence do when they are shown to their rooms in the luxury hotel?

10. Why does Madame Angellier make a visit to her farms? What is her opinion of the farmers?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Throughout the novel, we see the development of the characters, and lack thereof, through their experiences and situations. Discuss how the war is the catalyst of change for the individual characters in the novel. How do the experiences of the characters and the situations in which the war finds them in bring out the true nature of the characters? Provide examples with the development of at least three characters.

Essay Topic 2

Traumatic or challenging experiences often change a person and cause them to grow. However, that's not the case with everyone in this novel who has to go through the evacuation, war, and occupation. Pick a character that does not seem changed or affected by the challenging experiences that they are put through. Identify the character and describe their experiences. Why didn't this character experience any growth or change at all? Was this character not in need of a change? Explain.

Essay Topic 3

All of the different socio-economic classes in France at the time are represented through the different characters in the novel. Identify a character or family of characters that represent each different class, from servants to the working class to the middle class to the upper class. How does the war affect the people in the classes differently? Are the poor more susceptible to the negative attributes of war than the people in the middle and upper classes? How do people from the different classes view the war and the occupation?

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