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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What publication did Camus come to be editor of?
(a) "Noir Droite".
(b) "L'Enfant".
(c) "Reve Gauche".
(d) "Combat".

2. What made the prodigal son feel close to his father?
(a) Power.
(b) Riches.
(c) Destitution.
(d) Thirst.

3. To which direction do Daru's classroom windows open?
(a) South.
(b) North.
(c) West.
(d) East.

4. What have American reviewers of translations called Ayme?
(a) The most outspoken writer of Catholic novellas.
(b) The most uneducated writer of today.
(c) The best of the French writers today.
(d) The worst of the French writers today.

5. What was the specialty of the Apostles in "The Death of Judas"?
(a) To perform miracles.
(b) To make Jesus known everywhere.
(c) To keep Jesus from harm.
(d) To limit self-sacrifice.

6. What does the prodigal son say he can still taste, even after partaking of the calf at the feast?
(a) Sweet acorns.
(b) Twigs.
(c) Grugs.
(d) Rat.

7. Why does the eldest son say he is different from the prodigal son?
(a) The oldest son has pride.
(b) The oldest son only wishes he could leave.
(c) The oldest son lives by order.
(d) The oldest son has no honor.

8. What is the name of the horseman that Daru recognizes approaching the schoolhouse?
(a) Balducci.
(b) Thomas.
(c) Cirriculi.
(d) Magalous.

9. What is the name the children gave to the school buses that picked them up for school in "Grand-Lebrun"?
(a) Parcours.
(b) Puanteur.
(c) Trein.
(d) Fourgonnettes.

10. According to the editor, Ayme is the most inventive in what type of French writing?
(a) Cuillers.
(b) Menteurs.
(c) Conteurs.
(d) Chanteur.

11. In "The Passer-Through-Walls", how long does the main character meditate before bed every night?
(a) 30 minutes.
(b) One hour.
(c) 45 minutes.
(d) 15 minutes.

12. What does Balducci give Daru as he is leaving the schoolhouse?
(a) Arrest papers.
(b) Money.
(c) An extradition warrant.
(d) A revolver.

13. What was the basis of the poem that admitted Judas to the Sanhedrin?
(a) The heroic obstinacy of the Maccabees.
(b) The ostentatiousness of the Verusians.
(c) The inelegance of a martyr.
(d) The pompousness of royalty.

14. In remembering his time at Grand-Lebrun, what season is it?
(a) Summer.
(b) Winter.
(c) Fall.
(d) Spring.

15. How does the prodigal son think that his father will react to his return?
(a) He will forget both of his other sons and give the remaining money to the prodigal son.
(b) He will punish him harshly.
(c) He will welcome him into the home.
(d) He will turn him away.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Daru keep in the school house to distribute to the schoolchildren?

2. What does the prodigal son first think about after falling out of love with himself?

3. In "The Passer-Through-Walls", what did the main character do for a living?

4. What did the prodigal son change his father's gold into?

5. In "The Passer-Through-Walls", what does the main character collect?

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