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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What new skill has Bardamu developed in Section 11, following his illness?
(a) Rowing boats
(b) Being able to sleep anywhere
(c) Counting different sorts of fleas
(d) Reading the stars

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

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

4. What instrument does Musyne play?
(a) The violin
(b) The whistle
(c) The harp
(d) The guitar

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

6. In Section 11, how does Bardamu survive the jungle?
(a) He is carried out by natives
(b) He meets Robinson
(c) He finds Alcide
(d) He treks out on his own

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

8. What happens to the supplies Bardamu is entrusted with in Section 10?
(a) It is blown away by the winds
(b) He eats it
(c) It is stolen by natives
(d) It is set fire to by Robinson

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

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

11. What do Bardamu and his colleagues do for 'fun' during the war?
(a) Watch whole villages burn
(b) Go to the theatre
(c) Play football
(d) Go to the pub and find prostitutes

12. What has the father in Section 7 already done?
(a) Welcomed home his son
(b) Hung himself
(c) Given his money to Robinson
(d) Gone out

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

14. Who is being celebrated in the public occasion Bardamu sees passing his window?
(a) Farmers
(b) Politicians
(c) New recruits for the army
(d) Returning war heroes

15. How does Bardamu escape his problems in Section 10?
(a) He becomes one of Alcide's people
(b) He works hard at their solutions
(c) He flees into the jungle
(d) He pretends he is ill

Short Answer Questions

1. What job does Bardamu get for himself in America in Section 11?

2. What does Bardamu think he is going to find in America?

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

4. How does Bardamu think Americans solve their boredom?

5. Where does Lola and Bardamu go that sparks Bardamu's nervous breakdown?

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