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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who is Madamoiselle Herote?
(a) Owner of a Parisian lingerie store
(b) Bardamu's fellow patient
(c) The President of France
(d) Bardamu's fiancee

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

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

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

6. What is illusory about the soldiers under Grappa and Alcide's command?
(a) They have no equipment but pretend they still do
(b) There are no soldiers
(c) They have enemies but pretend they do not
(d) There is no barracks for them to quarter in

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

8. Why does Bardamu think Sergeant Alcide is so honorable?
(a) He always treats his soldiers well
(b) He never swears
(c) He sends all his money back to his niece
(d) He is always courteous

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

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

11. Where does Bardamu wake up after his illness in Section 11?
(a) On a boat
(b) In a hospital
(c) In a church
(d) In Paris

12. Who does Bardamu meet at his trading outpost in Section 10?
(a) Robinson
(b) Lola
(c) Madelon
(d) Princhard

13. Whose house do Robinson and Bardamu visit in the village of Noirceur?
(a) The Mayor's
(b) The doctor's
(c) The police officer's
(d) The councillor's

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

15. What does the bearded man in Section 10 do to Bardamu?
(a) Ties him up
(b) Steals the cash box
(c) Attacks him and beats him up
(d) Sells him to the natives

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Bardamu, why do the whites work so hard in the colonies?

2. What important 'kit' does Major Pincon own?

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

4. What profession do the Putas belong to?

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

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