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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Part 3, which hotel do Michel and Marceline stay in upon reaching their final destination?
(a) The same one in which Michel had TB.
(b) A new one with all new amenities.
(c) The one where Marceline got pregnant.
(d) The one where Michel caught his veneral disease.

2. Where has the 18-year-old man (in Part 2, Chapter 1) been working before returning to Michel's family estate?
(a) In a commune.
(b) In a church.
(c) At an animal treatment facility.
(d) At an experimental farm.

3. Who must leave the family estate when autumn arrives?
(a) Charles.
(b) Marceline.
(c) Michel.
(d) Bocage.

4. Why isn't Michel attracted to Charles' brother?
(a) Because he is too young.
(b) Because he has curly hair.
(c) Because he is ugly.
(d) Because he is too old.

5. Who meets Michel and his wife when they arrive at the family estate?
(a) Aleid.
(b) Bocage.
(c) Charles.
(d) Ali.

6. Who is Charles' father?
(a) Bocage.
(b) Menalgue.
(c) Michel.
(d) Motkir.

7. Why do the young boys Michel once knew and liked repulse him now?
(a) They want money instead of candy now.
(b) They told Michel's friend about his first visit.
(c) They are men with families or criminal records
(d) They are thieves.

8. Where is El Kantara located?
(a) Near the apartment in Paris.
(b) Near the family estate in Normandy.
(c) In Florence.
(d) Near a private garden Marceline liked.

9. How many men are sent to clear out some of the trees on the family estate?
(a) Two.
(b) Five.
(c) Six.
(d) Four.

10. When do Michel and his wife depart for their new destination?
(a) Five months after Michel first mentions that he'd like to go.
(b) They don't go. They stay at the family estate.
(c) Five days after Michel mentions that he'd like to go.
(d) Immediately.

11. Why does Michel decide to start supervising the work crews?
(a) Because he fired Bocage.
(b) Because he lost his teaching job.
(c) So he can gaze at the men.
(d) So he can show Bocage how he wants the estate run.

12. While Marceline is sick in Part 2, Chapter 2, Michel chooses to visit...
(a) Motkir.
(b) Bocage.
(c) Menalque.
(d) Charles.

13. What activities do Michel and his new male friend enjoy together in Part 2, Chapter 1?
(a) Riding horses, inspecting orchards and crops.
(b) Gardening, supervising work crews, riding horses.
(c) Inspecting crops, creating fruit hybrids, and riding horses.
(d) Inspecting fields, riding horses, discussing property changes.

14. What makes Marceline feel that she is dispensable to Michel?
(a) His impassive stare when she talks about her symptoms.
(b) He tells her that she is.
(c) Immediately.
(d) She reads his thoughts in a letter he has written.

15. Who coughs up blood in Part 3?
(a) Marceline.
(b) Michel.
(c) Ali.
(d) Motkir.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the18-year-old man Michel meets in Part 2, Chapter 1?

2. Whose homosexual tendencies are surfacing stronger in Part 2, Chapter 1?

3. Which two friends are both irreverent and disdainful of Parisian society?

4. How does Michel think travel will affect his wife?

5. Who expresses concern about the expenditures of the new furnishings in Part 2, Chapter 2?

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