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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Newman decide to try to talk to Claire's mother and brother one last time after the engagement is called off?
(a) Just to get his frustration out.
(b) To convince them to let him marry Claire.
(c) To ask for the gifts back that he gave Claire.
(d) To ask them to give him a little money.

2. How does Claire seem as her marriage to Newman grows closer?
(a) Angry at him for putting her in this position.
(b) More and more stressed out.
(c) Questioning her decision.
(d) Happy and at peace.

3. How does Madame de Bellegarde thank Mrs. Tristam for introducing Claire to Newman?
(a) Profusely.
(b) Genuinely.
(c) Sarcastically.
(d) Quietly.

4. Where does Mrs. Bread move after she confesses to Newman about the Bellegarde family secret?
(a) Into the convent with Claire.
(b) Into the Nioche home.
(c) Into her own apartment.
(d) Into Newman's home in Paris.

5. What does Newman promise Mrs. Bread if he marries Claire?
(a) He'll take care of Mrs. Bread, too.
(b) He'll prove her wrong.
(c) She can bet she'll be taken out of the will.
(d) She can forget about him.

6. Who reassures Newman that he is acting appropriately at his engagement party?
(a) Claire's mother.
(b) Mrs. Tristam.
(c) Claire.
(d) Mrs. Bread.

7. Against whom does Mrs. Bread confess to having a grudge?
(a) Noemie.
(b) Mrs. Tristam.
(c) Claire.
(d) Madame de Bellegarde.

8. What members of her family has Claire refused to see?
(a) Only Newman.
(b) Only her brothers.
(c) All of them.
(d) Only her mother.

9. Where does Valentin's burial take place?
(a) Paris.
(b) Fleurieres.
(c) London.
(d) Madrid.

10. Newman threatens to tell the Bellegarde's family secret to ___________.
(a) The press.
(b) Influential people at the engagement party.
(c) Claire.
(d) The police.

11. Who is Mrs. Bread?
(a) An old servant of the Bellegarde family.
(b) Newman's nanny.
(c) Newman's kindly upstairs neighbor.
(d) Mrs. Tristam's childhood friend.

12. Who arranges for Newman to be able to go to a church service where he might see Claire?
(a) Claire herself.
(b) Mrs. Tristam.
(c) Mrs. Bread.
(d) Claire's mother.

13. How does Noemie feel about the duel?
(a) She thinks the whole thing is silly.
(b) Excited.
(c) Uninterested since it doesn't involve her.
(d) Nervous.

14. Where does Newman learn that Valentin will not survive his wounds?
(a) By reading it in the paper.
(b) When he sees Valentin for himself.
(c) In bed, while he is asleep.
(d) At the train station.

15. What piece of possible evidence does Mrs. Bread have about how Claire's father died?
(a) A sample of the poison.
(b) A picture.
(c) A bloody dagger.
(d) A note.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of Claire's family members want to talk to Newman at Claire's convent?

2. Who confirms to Newman that Claire's father was murdered?

3. How does Valentin suspect his father died?

4. Who renews their friendship as a result of Newman and Claire's engagement?

5. How does the Bellegarde family welcome him when he tells them that he and Claire are engaged?

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