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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Sections 21-22.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is the midwife angry at Bardamu?
(a) For sleeping with her daughter
(b) For turning up late
(c) For taking her limelight
(d) For turning up drunk

2. Where will Bardamu not take shelter one day when under attack in Section 6?
(a) At a carnival
(b) In a hospital
(c) In an air raid shelter
(d) A butcher's meat cellar

3. What profession do the Putas belong to?
(a) Doctors
(b) Acting
(c) Money-lenders
(d) Jewellers

4. Whom does Bardamu meet in Paris that he falls in lust for?
(a) Madelon
(b) Lola
(c) Molly
(d) Musyne

5. How much money does Grandma Henrouille earn from her job?
(a) 10 francs a day
(b) 100 francs a day
(c) 1,000 francs
(d) 1 franc each day

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is Sunday reserved for, in Bardamu's view?

3. Where does Lola come from?

4. What dangerous feature does Bardamu immediately notice about the crypt?

5. Whom does Bardamu meet outside while investigating a town in Section 3?

(see the answer key)

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