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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is Bardamu surprised at while shopping in Africa?
(a) How honesty everyone is
(b) How cheap everything he finds is
(c) How brave everyone is
(d) How everyone is trying to cheat anyone else

3. In Section 4, where does Bardamu begin the narrative?
(a) The front line
(b) In Britain
(c) At a carnival
(d) In a hospital

4. Why is the town that Bardamu is sent to investigate so suspicious?
(a) Because it is so wealthy
(b) Because it flies a German flag
(c) Because it is so peaceful and unharmed
(d) Because it is so heavily armored

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

6. Where does Bardamu decide to travel to in Section 8?
(a) America
(b) Africa
(c) Britain
(d) China

7. What does Bardamu think about American couples?
(a) They are very passionate with one another
(b) They hate each other
(c) All American men have beautiful wives
(d) They rarely speak to each other

8. According to Bardamu, why do the whites work so hard in the colonies?
(a) They will be beaten otherwise
(b) Life is so hard
(c) They have fantasies about becoming rich
(d) They are hard-working citizens

9. What makes the Putas sad about the war?
(a) That they are fighting the Germans
(b) That everything is rationed
(c) The loss of money to their business
(d) The idea of parents' children drying

10. What does Bardamu think he is going to find in America?
(a) Everyone there adheres to one religion
(b) Everyone there is rich
(c) Everyone there is beautiful
(d) There are poor people there, too

11. What happens when Bardamu tries to resign his post?
(a) He is shot for treason
(b) He sees his captain killed
(c) He is allowed to resign
(d) He is attacked for cowardice

12. What important 'kit' does Major Pincon own?
(a) The foodstores
(b) The guns
(c) The armor
(d) The map

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

14. What does Bardamu decide to do to the hut in Section 10?
(a) Paint it
(b) Set fire to it
(c) Build an extension
(d) Live in it

15. What does Bardamu think he is going to find in America?
(a) Inspiration
(b) Power and glory
(c) True love
(d) Wealth and riches

Short Answer Questions

1. What occupation does Bardamu take up in Africa?

2. Where does Bardamu decide to go?

3. What event is about to happen in world history, across Europe at the beginning of the book?

4. Where does Lola come from?

5. Where is Bardamu incarcerated?

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