“What do you mean? You brought it back.”
“I brought you back another exactly like it. And it has taken us 10 years to pay for it. You can understand that it was not easy for us, who had nothing. At last, it is ended and I am very glad.”
Madame Forrestier had stopped.
“You say that you bought a necklace of diamonds to replace mine?”
“Yes. You never noticed it then! They were very similar.”
Answer the given questions below.
a. How long did it take the Loisels to settle their debts? (1 mark)
b. How did Mathilde feel after having settled the debts? (1 mark)
c. Why didn’t Madame Forrestier notice that the necklace given to her was a diamond necklace? (1 mark)
d. If you were Mathilde, what would you have done when you discovered that the lost necklace was worth only 500 francs? Give a reason for your answer. (2 marks)
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