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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the diagnosis the doctor gives Michel?
(a) Sclerosis.
(b) Hepatitis.
(c) Tuberculosis.
(d) Cirosis.

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

3. Why does Michel grow to respect and love his wife during his illness?
(a) He appreciates her artwork.
(b) For her practicality and kindness in nursing him back to health.
(c) He knows she will have to make a living for the family.
(d) She has a beautiful voice and sings to him while he is sick.

4. At the end of Part 1, Chapters 5-7, what does the reader learn that Michel's change in attitude and appearance demonstrate?
(a) That Michel loves tradition and convention.
(b) That Michel only wants his wife to be proud of him.
(c) That Michel desires to be a trendsetter.
(d) That Michel is leaving his old life behind and assuming a new identity.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Part 1, Chapter 8, to which city does Michel choose to walk?

2. In Part 1, Chapter 8, what does Michel do to the carriage driver?

3. How is the main character's story introduced in the book?

4. In Part 1, Chapter 8, who completes driving the carriage into town?

5. At the end of Part 1, Chapter 7, Michel begins to see his life with...

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the reader know that Michel has no interest initially in the operation of the family estate?

2. Michel doesn't really know Marceline when they marry. Why does he grow to love and respect his new wife on their honeymoon?

3. Why does Michel take on a supervisory role when he returns to the family estate?

4. What repulses Michel when he walks in on Marceline nursing an Arab boy in their hotel room? What does this prove regarding Michel's growing interest in boys?

5. Why does Michel decide he and his wife should moved to the family's country estate after accepting a temporary teaching job? Where is the estate?

6. How much time does Michel tell his friends has passed since Marceline's death, and where is she buried?

7. What does Michel learn when he returns home from his visit with Menalque and what is his reaction?

8. Michel comes to a realization on the ship during his honeymoon travels. What does Michel realize and how does the realization physically affect Michel?

9. When he was bedridden, Michel appreciated Marceline's attentive care. Now that he's better, he prefers to go for walks without her. Explain why.

10. What are some of the symptoms of tuberculosis? How does Michel know his condition is serious?

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