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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What weapon does the narrator have for others’ use?
(a) Desert Eagle.
(b) Ruger Blackhawk.
(c) Walther P38.
(d) Colt M1911A1.

2. Where did Bruno’s older brother die?
(a) Hinzert.
(b) Dachau.
(c) Auschwitz.
(d) Buchenwald.

3. Which of the following does the narrator see protested in Switzerland?
(a) Monsanto.
(b) Yum! Brands.
(c) John Deere.
(d) Kubota.

4. With which of the following does VI. Get Lucky begin?
(a) “My initial contact with Lucien Dubois had been a cold bump.”
(b) “They paid me the exorbitant price I’d named.”
(c) “In 1939, Louis-Ferdinand Céline, writher, physician, war hero, invalid, anti-Semite, and author of novels full of grammatical ellipses…”
(d) “Neanderthals were prone to depression.”

5. Where does the narrator shop for supplies?
(a) Monpannier.
(b) Monoprix.
(c) Supermarché Principal.
(d) Leader Price.

6. What translation does the novel propose for “puissance”?
(a) Potability.
(b) Power.
(c) Potentiality.
(d) Potency.

7. What is used to treat Bruno’s lice?
(a) Turpentine.
(b) Kerosene.
(c) Propane.
(d) Butane.

8. What agent had failed to apprehend Pascal?
(a) Luke Bowyer.
(b) Matt Sawyer.
(c) Marc Cutler.
(d) John Fletcher.

9. In which city had Pascal fought Italian police?
(a) Padua.
(b) Venice.
(c) Genoa.
(d) Mantua.

10. Which French novelist does the narrator commend?
(a) Baudelaire.
(b) Proust.
(c) Maupassant.
(d) Flaubert.

11. From which of the following does Naida hail?
(a) Brittany.
(b) Occitania.
(c) Auvergne.
(d) Grand Est.

12. In what year did Bruno meet Debord?
(a) 1980.
(b) 1971.
(c) 1953.
(d) 1962.

13. How does the novel gloss the term “kireru”?
(a) Adults snapping.
(b) Children snapping.
(c) Adults playing.
(d) Children playing.

14. What kind of bass does René seek?
(a) Largemouth.
(b) Guadalupe.
(c) Black.
(d) Upright.

15. Which of the following grows in the churchyard at Vantôme?
(a) Tobacco.
(b) Broad-leaved Dock.
(c) Hogweed.
(d) Thistles.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of Bruno’s older brother?

2. Which of the following do scientists find Neanderthals captured?

3. Where had René worked?

4. Who helps Pascal with his cow?

5. Approximately how many Moulinards live at the commune?

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