a matter of prejudices | common lit short story

how have Madame Carambeau’s prejudices affected her life?

• she has become a shut-in and refuses to invite people into her house.

• she no longer speaks to anyone in her family, all of whom have gone against her wishes.

• she can no longer remember what she likes and lives unhappily.

• she prefers to keep herself and distances herself from anyone with differing opinions.

why does madam carambeau allow the child to stay on her lap?

• because she has grown fond of the little girl.

• because she does not hate children as much as she claims.

• because she fears that the child is sick and wants to provide care.

• because she fears that the child has asthma and needs to rest.

how does madame lalonde react to her mother's actions?

• she is upset that her mother took the child without talking to her parents first.

• she is surprised by her mother's kindness and nursing skills

• she is upset because the child's parents will send for their daughter soon.

• she is angry with her mother because madame carambeau refuses to listen to her.

after the little girl returns to her parents, madame carambeau...?

• begins to doubt her previous prejudices.

• feels reassured in her prejudices against americans.

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  misses her terribly and begins doting on her grandson more than before.

• devotes her time to her garden, to the seeds she and the child planted.

Which of the following is NOT something Madame Carambeau does on Christmas morning?

drive through the American quarter of the city

• attend an american church with an english service

• search for the little girl

• demand to see her son Henri

• drive through the American quarter of the city

what was the significance of the sick little girl from the party?

• unknowingly, madame nursed her grandchild, who taught her acceptance.

• madame nursed a family friend who taught her how to love.

• madame decided that she no longer wanted to be grumpy after nursing the little girl.

• the little girl's parents grew furious with madame after the incident.

by the end of the story what occurred...?

• madame Carambeau learns how to let go of her prejudices through love for her grandchild.

• henri has returned to his childhood home, demanding that his mother give up her prejudices.

• it is revealed that Henri was the one keeping the family apart, not Madame Carambeau.

• madame carambeau has learned enough English to communicate with her daughter-in-law and granddaughter.

1. (the graded comp questions)

part one/ how is Madame Carambeau characterized at the beginning of the story?

• wealthy and highly skilled

• snobby and opinionated

• nurturing and supportive

• concerned with correctness

2. part 2/ which paragraph from the text provides the best support for the answer to part a?

• paragraph 1

• paragraph 4

• paragraph 6

• paragraph 7

3. why does the little girl make such an impression on madame carambeau?

• madame Carambeau realizes that the girl had horrible parents

• madame Carambeau believes that the child’s health was more important than her background

• madame Carambeau realizes that she had been too hard on her own son

• madame Carambeau was afraid of the child’s parents thinking she was the reason the little girl was sick