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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Part 2, Chapter 3, where does Michel prefer to sleep?
(a) On the floor.
(b) In the barn.
(c) In his bed.
(d) At a hotel.

2. Who is poaching at Michel's family estate?
(a) Charles and Michel.
(b) Alcide and Michel.
(c) Bocage and Michel.
(d) Alcide and Marceline.

3. Which boy -- now a man-- is still attractive to Michel?
(a) Motkir.
(b) Tunis.
(c) Ali.
(d) Roger.

4. Which character do we learn in Part 2, Chapter 2, has taken a recent trip to Biskra?
(a) Charles.
(b) Bocage.
(c) Motkir.
(d) Menalque.

5. What is the time span between the death in Part 3 and the meeting of Michel with his friends?
(a) Three years.
(b) Three months.
(c) Three days.
(d) Three weeks.

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

7. What city do Michel and his wife move to in Part 2, Chapter 2?
(a) Florence.
(b) Biskra.
(c) Paris.
(d) Normandy.

8. What distracts Michel once he begins concentrating on his academics again?
(a) The work of harvesting the crops and fruit trees.
(b) The opulence and sensuality of the ripening crops and fruit trees.
(c) Hunting.
(d) Planting the fall crops and fruit trees.

9. What does Michel think when the prostitute tells him why she thinks he stays in Tunis?
(a) He dismisses the thoughts of a prostitute.
(b) He denies her accusations.
(c) He knows she is wrong.
(d) He thinks she might be right.

10. How does Michel spend most of his days after learning Marceline's news?
(a) He spends time alone in the fields.
(b) He does not change his routine at all.
(c) He spends almost every minute by her side.
(d) He spends time at school.

11. Whose sister is a prostitute?
(a) Menalque.
(b) Ali.
(c) Motkir.
(d) Roger.

12. Michel befriends another of Bocage's sons. What is his name?
(a) Charles.
(b) Roger.
(c) Alcide.
(d) Motkir.

13. Where do Michel and his wife move in the spring?
(a) To her brother's home.
(b) Paris.
(c) Florence.
(d) La Moriniere.

14. Who attends an open house hosted by Michel and his wife in Part 2, Chapter 2?
(a) Bocage.
(b) Motkir.
(c) Menalque.
(d) Charles.

15. In Part 2, Chapter 3, which character misses dinner due to illness?
(a) Charles.
(b) Marceline.
(c) Michel.
(d) Bocage.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the stolen item that is returned to Michel?

2. In what month does Part 2, Chapter 1 begin?

3. Why do Michel and his wife choose to move in the spring?

4. How does Michel resolve the jealousy?

5. How does Michel sum up his thoughts on his marriage?

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