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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Sections 9-10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How are the inmates in Section 5 cured?
(a) They are threatened with death on a regular basis
(b) Counseling
(c) Speeches and electroshock therapy
(d) Anti-depressant medication

2. How did Bardamu receive his war medal?
(a) He was injured while fighting
(b) He killed a general
(c) He blew up a bridge
(d) He was brave

3. Where does Bardamu decide to go?
(a) To Fort Gono
(b) To the last trading post before the jungle
(c) To America
(d) To Britain

4. How much money do the Putas give Voireuse and Bardamu?
(a) Five thousand francs
(b) Five francs
(c) Fifty francs
(d) Five hundred francs

5. What happens if the inmates in Section 5 are not cured?
(a) They are shot or sent to an insane asylum
(b) They are sent abroad
(c) They are released
(d) They are sent back to war

Short Answer Questions

1. Why are the other passengers on the steamboat suspicious of Bardamu?

2. What does Bardamu call the condition that he and those he is jailed with have in Section 5?

3. Where is Bardamu incarcerated?

4. What do the soldiers have to do every month in order to get supplies?

5. How does Bardamu's superior in Section 9, the Director, make his money?

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