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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "Grand-Lebrun", what color are the tiles of the school floor?
(a) Red and white.
(b) Blue and white.
(c) Black and white.
(d) Brown and black.

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

3. 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.

4. In what year did Francois Mauriac win the Nobel Peace Prize?
(a) 1905.
(b) 1818.
(c) 1990.
(d) 1952.

5. At the time of printing, where did Ayme reside?
(a) Versailles.
(b) Paris.
(c) Bella Ville.
(d) Montmartre.

6. In "The Passer-Through-Walls", what did the main character do for a living?
(a) A lawyer.
(b) A warehouse supplier.
(c) A doctor.
(d) A third-grade employee.

7. Why does the prodigal son wait until night to go to his father's home?
(a) He does not wait; he goes during the day.
(b) To listen in on the family's conversation.
(c) To fall asleep on the steps and have the family find him in the morning.
(d) To cloak his poverty.

8. What did the prodigal son change his father's gold into?
(a) Pleasures.
(b) Sins.
(c) Hate.
(d) Identity.

9. What does Daru give the Arab in addition to food?
(a) Medicine.
(b) Clothes.
(c) Money.
(d) Drugs.

10. What did Mauriac's teachers not consider him?
(a) A bright student.
(b) A chosen vessel.
(c) A waste of time.
(d) A fast learner.

11. How long did Gide spend writing "The Return of the Prodigal Son"?
(a) One month.
(b) Two years.
(c) Two weeks.
(d) Two days.

12. What kind of mustache did M. Lecuyer wear?
(a) A military one.
(b) A handlebar one.
(c) Fu Manchu.
(d) The walrus.

13. According to the editor, in what genre does Ayme fail to be successful?
(a) Pure fantasy.
(b) Mystery.
(c) Love stories.
(d) Fiction.

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

15. What does the prodigal son first think about after falling out of love with himself?
(a) His brothers.
(b) Home.
(c) His mother's face.
(d) His father's face.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Balducci give Daru as he is leaving the schoolhouse?

2. In remembering his time at Grand-Lebrun, what season is it?

3. What kind of tea does Daru offer the men who have come to the schoolhouse?

4. After 1948, to what writing genre did Ayme devote most of his talent toward?

5. In "The Return of the Prodigal Son", what does the prodigal son say shut him in?

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