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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why does Lola want to help France in the First World War?
(a) She doesn't really
(b) She wants to be a heroine and to meet a hero
(c) She wants the money
(d) She is bored

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

4. What is the name of the teacher that Bardamu meets while incarcerated in Section 5?
(a) Paraprine
(b) Robinson
(c) Baryton
(d) Princhard

5. Who is Bardamu's superior officer?
(a) Lieutenant Grapper
(b) General des Entrayes
(c) Leon Robinson
(d) Sergeant Alcide

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

7. What town is Bardamu sent to investigate in Section 3?
(a) Toulouse
(b) Montreal
(c) Noirceur
(d) Paris

8. What scam does Voireuse have, which he allows Bardamu to join him on?
(a) He plans to beg on the streets
(b) He tells war stories to parents of soldiers for money
(c) He plans to breed rabbits
(d) He plans to breed pigs

9. What does Princhard believe will happen to himself?
(a) That he will be pardoned
(b) That he will be sent to his family
(c) That he will be sent back to the front
(d) That he will be shot for treason

10. Where does Bardamu decide to go in Section 9?
(a) The last outpost before the jungle
(b) China
(c) The first outpost before the jungle
(d) America

11. How does Bardamu's superior in Section 9, the Director, make his money?
(a) Gold and silver
(b) Rubber and peanuts
(c) Slaves and gold
(d) Platinum and silver

12. How do the patients amuse themselves at the hospital?
(a) By attempting to be more patriotic than the others
(b) By playing pool
(c) By attacking and playing jokes on the staff
(d) By making fun of the Normals

13. Why does Bardamu suddenly join a parade?
(a) So he can win a medal
(b) For the money
(c) To attack his nation's enemies
(d) To feel like a hero

14. Whom do they find at the house when they arrive there?
(a) Princhard
(b) Alcide
(c) Henrouille
(d) Robinson

15. Who is the main character?
(a) Leon Robinson
(b) Lola
(c) Doctor Paraprine
(d) Ferdinand Bardamu

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where does Bardamu decide to travel to in Section 8?

3. Who benefits from the war in Bardamu's estimation?

4. Which of the following best describes Bardamu's personality?

5. What reasons does the Mayor of Noirceur cite for his treachery?

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