Reading Quiz

Questions

1. What does Mathilde Loisel want more than anything?
2. What does M. Loisel do for a living?
3. How does Mathilde wish her daily life would change?
4. What does M. Loisel bring home to his wife?
5. Who's throwing the fancy ball?
6. What is Mathilde's reaction to this invitation?
7. Why does M. Loisel give his wife 400 francs?
8. Who does M. Loisel suggest that Mathilde go see to get jewels?
9. Why does Mathilde go see Mme Forestier to borrow jewels?
10. How is Mathilde accepted at the ball?
11. What does M. Loisel do at the ball?
12. What time is it when the Loisel's leave the ball?
13. Why does Mathilde want to leave hastily?
14. What does Mathilde discover when she gets home from the ball?
15. What does M. Loisel do when he discovers the necklace is missing?
16. How long does he search for this necklace?
17. How do the Loisel's decide to "fix" their problem?
18. How much does the replacement necklace cost?
19. What happens to the Loisels as a result of having to purchase this necklace?
20. When Mathilde meets Madam Forestier some ten years later, what does she learn about the original necklace?

Answers

1. To be rich
2. He's a clerk with the Department of Education.
3. That she would have servants and footmen rather than living a simple, middle class life with only one housekeeper.
4. An invitation to a fancy ball
5. The Minister of Education
6. She pitches quite a fit. She's unhappy that everyone will see how poor she is.
7. To buy a new dress
8. Madam Forestier
9. Because Mme is rich and also a friend
10. Everyone thinks she's beautiful and she's well received.
11. He sleeps in a corner.
12. It's 4 am.
13. So no one sees her shabby coat
14. The diamond necklace is missing.
15. He goes out looking for it.
16. Several days (even into the following week)
17. They will replace the necklace and not tell Mme Forestier.
18. 36 thousand francs (that's a lot of money)
19. They're impoverished and lose their house.
20. It was an imitation, and worth only 500 francs.