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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Sections 15-16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the soldiers have to do every month in order to get supplies?
(a) Rebuild the dock
(b) Fight off the natives
(c) Bribe their superior officers
(d) Sail upriver

2. What illness does Bardamu suffer from in Section 11?
(a) Polio
(b) Malarial fever
(c) Denge fever
(d) Typhoid

3. Why does Lola leave Bardamu?
(a) Because she has found someone else
(b) Because she needs someone with money
(c) Because she thinks he is a coward
(d) Because she couldn't bear to see him in the hospital

4. What reasons does the Mayor of Noirceur cite for his treachery?
(a) Power and glory
(b) Historic artifacts and architecture
(c) Money and wealth
(d) The Germans

5. Where is Bardamu incarcerated?
(a) A military hospital
(b) In a military prison
(c) In a prisoner of war camp
(d) In a civilian prison

Short Answer Questions

1. Who appears in Bardamu's office with a cough in Section 16?

2. What does Bardamu think about American couples?

3. In Section 4, where does Bardamu begin the narrative?

4. What is the only thing that Bardamu wishes for in Section 9?

5. In Section 11, how does Bardamu survive the jungle?

(see the answer key)

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