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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does La Belle Lisa decide to do regarding Florent?
(a) Watch him just a little while longer.
(b) Make him pay rent.
(c) Fix him up with a friend of hers.
(d) Hire him in the charcuterie.

2. What bothers Florent most about Les Halles?
(a) Pricing.
(b) Theft.
(c) Waste.
(d) Gluttony.

3. What information does Pauline reveal to the person in #134?
(a) She is in love with Muche.
(b) Her parents fight all the time.
(c) She stole some candy.
(d) Florent escaped from prison.

4. What does La Belle Lisa not tell Quenu when he returns home?
(a) The authorities are waiting upstairs to arrest Florent.
(b) Pauline is missing.
(c) They have a huge order for pick up tomorrow.
(d) She is pregnant.

5. What has Monsieur Gavard recently purchased?
(a) A studio.
(b) A tuxedo.
(c) A new house.
(d) A revolver.

6. Whose home is the first one searched by the authorities?
(a) Mademoiselle Saget's.
(b) Claire Mehudin's.
(c) Quenu's.
(d) La Belle Normande's.

7. Who is Marjolin?
(a) A chef.
(b) A clothing designer.
(c) A famous photographer.
(d) An orphan in Les Halles.

8. Florent tends to live in a world of ______________.
(a) grief.
(b) hope.
(c) depravity.
(d) illusion.

9. Where is Madame Francois' home?
(a) Arles.
(b) Nanterre.
(c) Provence.
(d) Marseilles.

10. Who owns the building where Gavard lives?
(a) Madame Legrand.
(b) Madame Michaud.
(c) Monsieur Lyon.
(d) Madame Leonce.

11. Why does La Belle Lisa sneak into Florent's room?
(a) To find evidence of his secrets.
(b) To look for hidden money.
(c) To get his dirty laundry.
(d) To catch him smoking.

12. When does Les Halles return to its former respectable state?
(a) When Cadine runs away.
(b) When Marjolin is arrested.
(c) When Florent and Gavard are scheduled for deportation.
(d) When Muche goes away to school.

13. Who is Cadine?
(a) A prostitute.
(b) A cheese shop owner.
(c) An orphan in Les Halles.
(d) A painter.

14. Marjolin and Cadine become ___________________.
(a) Lovers.
(b) Like brother and sister.
(c) Actors.
(d) Partners in crime.

15. What does Florent visualize at the beginning of Chapter 6?
(a) His law practice.
(b) His next painting.
(c) The insurrection.
(d) La Belle Normande.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is La Belle Lisa embarrassed when she goes to the police station to report Florent?

2. What does La Belle Lisa find in Florent's drawer?

3. Who do Claude and Florent go to the country to visit?

4. Who does Florent encounter on his way to Les Halles?

5. What was Florent's main flaw in trying to overthrow the government?

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