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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 job is offered to Michel in Part 1, Chapter 9?
(a) Temporary writer.
(b) Full time teaching position.
(c) Temporary teaching position.
(d) Full time writer.

2. At the end of Part 1, Chapter 3, who is Michel's favorite boy?
(a) Harish.
(b) Moktir.
(c) Ali.
(d) Menalgue.

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

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

5. Why does Michel's wife initially invite the boy to come play in their hotel room?
(a) To feed the starving boy.
(b) To care for the boy's wounds.
(c) To cheer up herself.
(d) To cheer up Michel.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who does Michel find when he returns to the new walking place alone one evening?

3. Why is Michel walking to the city in Part 1, Chapter 8?

4. Why does Michel sunbathe nude and explore the craggy area?

5. When does Michel's mother die?

Short Essay Questions

1. Michel feels beautiful, strong, and sensual for the first time. For what possible reasons might he have decided to shave his beard?

2. What is Menalque's theory of why Michel let the boy in Biskra steal Marceline's scissors?

3. Describe how Michel spends his days and nights upon returning to Biskra with Marceline.

4. How does Marceline help in Michel's recovery from tuberculosis?

5. 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?

6. Michel and Marceline decide to leave Biskra before the harsh winter weather arrives. What does Michel do on his last night in town and how does he feel?

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

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

9. Where does Michel begin sleeping in Part 2, Chapter 3, and why?

10. Why does Michel summon his friends at the end of the story?

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