Les Misérables

1. Which sentence from the excerpt most strongly suggests that the Bishop avoids judging others?

• “‘To-morrow morning, before you set out, you shall drink a cup of warm milk from our cows.’”

• “‘That is the concern of the good God.’”

• “The Bishop gazed at her with an air of amazement.”

• “It is never fastened with anything but a latch, either by day or by night.”

Which inference about the Bishop's point of view is best supported by the following passage?

“‘Monseigneur, Monseigneur!’ she exclaimed, ‘does your Grace know where the basket of silver is?’

‘Yes,’ replied the Bishop.

‘Jesus the Lord be blessed!’ she resumed; ‘I did not know what had become of it.’

The Bishop had just picked up the basket in a flower-bed. He presented it to Madame Magloire.

‘Here it is.’

‘Well!’ said she. ‘Nothing in it! And the silver?’”

• The Bishop thinks Madame Magloire is overreacting because he has used her basket rather than use his gardening tools.

• The Bishop thinks Madame Magloire is accusing him of taking the silver because she questions him about why the silver is not in the basket

• The Bishop thinks Madame Magloire is looking for the basket because she asks for the basket of silver rather than the silver.

• D. The Bishop thinks Madame Magloire is forgetting where she places things because she expresses a concern about not knowing where the silver is.

Which inference about the Bishop and Madame Magloire is most strongly supported by the following passage?

“The Bishop had just bent down, and was sighing as he examined a plant of cochlearia des Guillons, which the basket had broken as it fell across the bed. He rose up at Madame Magloire’s cry.

‘Monseigneur, the man is gone! The silver has been stolen!’”

• The Bishop concerns himself with environmental matters, while Madame Magloire takes care of household responsibilities.

• The Bishop is interested in having a neat garden, while Madame Magloire thoughtlessly destroys his plants.

• The Bishop is frustrated by his clumsiness, while Madame Magloire is troubled about the missing visitor.

• The Bishop cares more about living things, while Madame Magloire cares more about possessions.

What is most likely meant when the brigadier tells the Bishop that the man was “walking like a man who is running away” (paragraph 55)?

"Monseigneur," said the brigadier of gendarmes, "so what this man said is true, then? We came across him. He was walking like a man who is running away. We stopped him to look into the matter. He had this silver—”

• The man appears to be moving suspiciously.

• The man seems to be hurrying due to an emergency.

• The man walks quickly by himself through the streets.

• The man has an odd way of walking that looks like running.

Which inference about the man (Jean Valjean) is best supported by the excerpt?

• He believes he is a better person than the Bishop.

• He believes that someone else is responsible for stealing the silver.

• He is surprised when the Bishop defends him from the gendarmes.

• He believes he has found a home with the Bishop and Madame Magloire.

Which passage from the excerpt most strongly supports the answer to Question 5?

• "'Monseigneur!’ he murmured. ‘So he is not the cure?’”

• “In the meantime, Monseigneur Bienvenu had advanced as quickly as his great age permitted.”

• “'Ah! here you are!’ he exclaimed, looking at Jean Valjean. ‘I am glad to see you.’”

• “Jean Valjean opened his eyes wide, and stared at the venerable Bishop with an expression which no human tongue can render any account of.”

Which of the following selections best summarizes the entire excerpt?

• A man steals from a Bishop who provides him a chance to live a better life instead of punishing him.

• A Bishop and his sister live in peace in a community until one day a criminal takes their silver and is caught.

• A Bishop believes he has wrongfully kept valuable possessions, rather than giving away his possessions to the poor in the community.

• A man who has a troubled past moves in with a Bishop and his sister Madame Magloire, who welcome him to come and go as he pleases.

Which sentence from the excerpt most strongly supports the theme of redemption?

• “‘Madame Magloire, I have for a long time detained that silver wrongfully.’”

• “As the brother and sister were about to rise from the table, there came a knock on the door.”

• “‘You can always enter and depart through the street door.’”

• “‘Do not forget, never forget, that you have promised to use this money in becoming an honest man.’”