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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What year’s baby picture of Debord does the narrator note seeing?
(a) 1936.
(b) 1940.
(c) 1932.
(d) 1928.

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

4. What weapon does the narrator keep?
(a) Glock 43X.
(b) Springfield Echelon.
(c) Colt Python.
(d) Beretta PX4.

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

6. Approximately how many Moulinards live at the commune?
(a) 63.
(b) 54.
(c) 72.
(d) 45.

7. Which of the following is noted as an alternative name for the Cagots?
(a) Gawain.
(b) Gaheris.
(c) Gareth.
(d) Gahet.

8. At what time does the commune take lunch?
(a) 1:30.
(b) 1:00.
(c) 12:00.
(d) 12:30.

9. How many years older than him was Bruno’s older brother?
(a) 7.
(b) 3.
(c) 12.
(d) 5.

10. Where does Bruno go to study earth science?
(a) Lyon.
(b) Paris.
(c) Nantes.
(d) Toulouse.

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

12. Which of the following do scientists find Neanderthals captured?
(a) Golden eagles.
(b) Ostriches.
(c) Condors.
(d) Cassowaries.

13. What kind of fish does Bruno watch a pine marten catch?
(a) Trout.
(b) Perch.
(c) Bass.
(d) Crappie.

14. Which of the following do scientists demonstrate Neanderthals could hunt?
(a) Pheasants.
(b) Choughs.
(c) Quail.
(d) Grouse.

15. Which of the following appellations does the narrator assign to Lucien’s uncle?
(a) The Ugly.
(b) The Unpleasant.
(c) The Comely.
(d) The Pleasant.

Short Answer Questions

1. What profession had Lucien’s father pursued?

2. What translation does the novel propose for “puissance”?

3. Where is a British torpedo gunboat struck by a passenger ship?

4. Where does Céline flee after the Vichy regime falls?

5. From where had Denis and Françoise come to the Moulinards?

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