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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) Tuberculosis.
(b) Cirosis.
(c) Hepatitis.
(d) Sclerosis.

2. Who are the friends to which Michel confesses?
(a) Denis, Daniel, Menalgue, Biskra.
(b) Menalgue.
(c) Denis, Daniel, and an unnamed friend.
(d) Denis and Daniel.

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

4. What does one of the Arab boys steal from Michel's hotel room?
(a) A loaf of bread.
(b) A pair of scissors.
(c) A pair of reading glasses.
(d) Coins and candy.

5. Where do Michel and his wife shop on their honeymoon?
(a) Tunis.
(b) Marseilles.
(c) Paris.
(d) Rome.

Short Answer Questions

1. Michel ghostwrites books for...

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

3. Who is the protagonist of The Immoralist?

4. What surprises Michel about the work he and his father do together?

5. How does Michel feel about returning to his studies?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

3. Discuss Michel's pursuit of physical vitality.

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

5. What are two reasons that the small walks that Michel and Marceline take are important in the development of Michel's character in the story?

6. How does Michel know Marceline's health has taken a turn for the worse and what does he do to help?

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

8. What does Michel begin to notice in his weakened physical condition?

9. What is Marceline's role in Michel's life now that he has fully recovered from tuberculosis?

10. Michel receives information in the mail about tuberculosis from a friend. After reading that information, what changes does Michel make in his treatment and why?

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