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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapters 5, 6 and 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What surprises Michel about the work he and his father do together?
(a) How little they are paid.
(b) The wealth they accumulate.
(c) Nothing -- Michel runs the show.
(d) How much more work remains.

2. What word or phrase best describes Michel's persona in Part 1, Chapters 5-7?
(a) Negative and very cruel to his wife.
(b) Positive, yet cruel to his wife.
(c) Positive.
(d) Negative.

3. In Part 1, Chapters 5-7, what do Michel's physical changes mirror?
(a) His inner changes.
(b) His new hair-do.
(c) His family's estate.
(d) An old, married man.

4. What does Michel read on his last night in Biskra when he can't sleep?
(a) A specific passage he looked up in the hotel Bible.
(b) A specific passage he looked up in his own Bible.
(c) A random passage in the hotel Bible.
(d) A random passage from his Bible.

5. Where does Michel recuperate from his illness on the honeymoon trip?
(a) At his Normandy estate.
(b) At the university.
(c) In the hospital.
(d) In the hotel.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Michel feel on his last night in Biskra?

2. What does the information Michel receives in the mail regarding his illness show him?

3. What contributes to the delicate health Michel experiences early in the story?

4. What does Michel ask the barber to do in Part 1, Chapter 7?

5. In Part 1, Chapter 7, how does Michel try to act around his wife?

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