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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Michel regard his wife's feelings in Part 1, Chapters 5-7?
(a) He sees her as a weak link since she is not as strong and beautiful as he himself.
(b) He doesn't care if he hurts her feelings or not.
(c) Michel belittles his wife every chance he gets.
(d) He has a positive attitude and doesn't want to hurt her feelings.

2. What does Michel's wife think about her husband's new persona?
(a) She is excited.
(b) She hates it and becomes very angry.
(c) She doesn't mind as long as he's still got plenty of money.
(d) She is mildly unnerved.

3. In Part 1, Chapter 2, who sends Michel a letter and pamphlets regarding his illness?
(a) His father.
(b) A friend.
(c) His brother-in-law.
(d) His mother.

4. Why does Michel want to tell his story?
(a) He wants to write a book.
(b) In order to be free.
(c) He needs their permission to use their names in his book.
(d) To see how his friends react.

5. What startles the boy who comes to play in Michel's hotel room?
(a) Michel's collection of skulls.
(b) Michel's wife.
(c) Michel's ghastly appearance.
(d) Michel's father.

6. What does Michel rub his body with after jumping into a cold pond?
(a) Nearby flowers.
(b) Tree bark.
(c) Nearby wild sage.
(d) Fresh mint leaves.

7. Which house will Michel and his wife live in when he starts his new job?
(a) They will stay with his wife's brother.
(b) They will build their own home.
(c) His family's country estate.
(d) One they find to buy.

8. How does Michel feel on his last night in Biskra?
(a) Like he's going to have a relapse.
(b) Like he's ready to get back to his studies.
(c) So alive that everything else seems dead.
(d) Like he wants to write a book.

9. In Part 1, Chapter 7, how does Michel try to act around his wife?
(a) Like his old self in demeanor.
(b) Like a studly man she can be proud of.
(c) Like he is better than she is.
(d) Like her hero.

10. What is the final destination of Michel's honeymoon trip?
(a) Tunis.
(b) Algeria.
(c) Rome
(d) Paris.

11. What is one obstacle in the relationship between Michel and his wife?
(a) Her relationships with little boys.
(b) Her religion.
(c) Her frugality.
(d) Her desire to have children.

12. In Part 1, Chapter 8, who completes driving the carriage into town?
(a) Michel's wife.
(b) The carriage driver.
(c) Michel.
(d) A young boy.

13. In Part 1, Chapter 3, Michel returns to the hotel from a walk to find his wife...
(a) Reading his journal.
(b) Is missing.
(c) With another man.
(d) Nursing an ill Arab boy.

14. How does Michel feel about the work he asked the barber to do?
(a) He feels like people can read his thoughts more easily since he's not hiding behind a beard.
(b) He thinks the goatee will impress the young goatherds he met on his honeymoon.
(c) He wishes he'd never suggested the leeches.
(d) He is ahead of the trend by shaving off his mustache only.

15. In Part 1, Chapter 8, what does Michel do to the carriage driver?
(a) Knocks him out of the carriage and leaves him on the side of the road.
(b) Yells for him to slow down.
(c) Tips him for safely delivering his wife.
(d) Beats him then throws him to the back of the carriage.

Short Answer Questions

1. With his new attitude at the end of Part 1, Chapters 5-7, how does Michel view each day?

2. In Part 1, Chapter 3, Michel's wife introduces him to a new place to walk. What is this place?

3. What word or phrase best describes Michel's persona in Part 1, Chapters 5-7?

4. Where does Michel's wife take him for small walks when he's able to venture out?

5. Where do Michel and his wife settle down for him to resume his studies?

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