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“Fantine,” Books One–Two

“Fantine,” Books Three–Four

“Fantine,” Book Five: The Descent

“Fantine,” Books Six–Eight

“Cosette,” Books One–Two

“Cosette,” Book Three: Fulfillment of the Promise Made to the Departed

“Cosette,” Books Four–Five

“Cosette,” Books Six–Eight

“Marius,” Books One–Three

“Marius,” Books Four–Seven

“Marius,” Book Eight: The Noxious Poor

“Saint-Denis,” Books One–Seven

“Saint-Denis,” Books Eight–Fifteen

“Jean Valjean,” Books One–Three

“Jean Valjean,” Books Four–Nine

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1. On the barricade, why does Eponine throw herself in front of the soldier's rifle?

(A) She decides that her beliefs are more important to her than her life

(B) She is in love with Marius

(D) She wants to make Cosette suffer

2. Who is not a blood member of the Thénardier family?

(A) Cosette

(B) Eponine

(D) Gavroche

3. Why does Myriel let Valjean spend the night in his house?

(A) He thinks that Valjean has money

(B) Because Valjean once saved Myriel's life

(D) He wants to convert Valjean to Christianity

4. Which of the following solves Montreuil-sur-mer's economic problems?

(A) Madeleine's manufacturing innovations

(B) The insurrection led by the Friends of the ABC

(D) Javert's pyramid schemes

5. Why does Thénardier save Georges Pontmercy's life?

(A) Because the two men are lifelong friends

(B) He does so by accident

(D) He admires the general's contributions to the empire

6. Who is Cosette's biological father?

(A) Tholomyès

(B) Thénardier

(D) Valjean

7. Why does Fauchelevent let Valjean and Cosette stay in the convent?

(A) He is in love with Cosette

(B) He is Marius's grandfather

(D) He is spying for Javert

8. What does Javert do near the end of the novel?

(A) He commits suicide

(B) He marries Cosette

(D) He fights in the insurrection

9. Where does Marius first see Cosette?

(A) The Gorbeau House

(B) Montfermeil

(D) The Luxembourg Gardens

10. How does Valjean escape from the Orion?

(A) He bribes Javert

(B) He pretends to drown

(D) He steals a pair of silver candlesticks

11. Why was Valjean originally arrested?

(A) He stole a loaf of bread

(B) He impersonated a manufacturer

(D) He abandoned Fantine

12. Why does Fantine lose her factory job?

(A) She tries to organize a union

(B) She is a prostitute

(D) She spits in Madeleine's face

13. Why do the Thénardiers throw Gavroche out of their house?

(A) He steals from Montparnasse

(B) He is a supporter of Napoléon

(D) He is better dressed than Eponine and Azelma

14. How do Valjean and Marius escape from the barricade?

(A) Valjean carries Marius over a wall

(B) Valjean carries Marius through the sewers

(D) They pose as soldiers

15. Who is the leader of the Friends of the ABC?

(A) Enjolras

(B) Courfeyrac

(D) Fauchelevent

16. When are Marius and Gillenormand finally reconciled?

(A) After Marius marries Cosette

(B) After Marius agrees to change his political views

(D) Just before Marius finishes law school

17. Why does Marius feel indebted to Thénardier?

(A) Thénardier's daughter Eponine saved Marius's life

(B) He thinks that Thénardier saved his father's life

(D) Thénardier let him out of the sewer

18. Why does Gillenormand refuse to let Marius see his father?

(A) Gillenormand and Pontmercy have different political views

(B) Gillenormand does not want Marius to marry Cosette

(D) Gillenormand thinks that Mabeuf would be a better father

19. Which of the following qualities does not describe the Thénardiers?

(A) Poor

(B) Desperate

(D) Conniving

20. Why does Eponine give Cosette's address to Marius?

(A) She wants money

(B) She is in love with Marius

(D) She wants Marius to deliver a letter to Cosette

21. Which of the following does not contribute to Valjean's decision to go to England?

(A) Paris is growing increasingly politically unstable

(B) Valjean is worried that he will lose Cosette

(D) Valjean believes that Marius will take part in the insurrection

22. When Enjolras orders Javert's execution, what does Valjean do?

(A) He lets Javert go free

(B) He shoots Javert

(D) He robs Javert

23. Where does Marius's father die?

(A) At the Battle of Waterloo

(B) On the barricade

(D) In Madeleine's factory

24. When Javert tries to arrest Madeleine, what does Fantine do?

(A) She tries to fight Javert

(B) She leaves Montreuil-sur-mer

(D) She marries Marius

25. Which character does Hugo depict as an almost saintly figure?

(A) Jean Valjean

(B) Mme. Thénardier

(D) Marius

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