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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Bardamu realize has happened to him in Section 11 after he wakes up from his illness?
(a) He has been kidnapped
(b) He has been rescued
(c) He has been sold to an oarsman
(d) He has been stolen

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

3. What happens if the inmates in Section 5 are not cured?
(a) They are sent back to war
(b) They are released
(c) They are sent abroad
(d) They are shot or sent to an insane asylum

4. Where does the ship Bardamu wakes up on after his illness dock?
(a) Manhattan Island
(b) Seattle, Washington
(c) New York City
(d) San Francisco

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

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

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

8. 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

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

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

11. What does the Mayor tell Robinson and Bardamu is the reason Noirceur is so peaceful?
(a) Because it is overlooked by the armies
(b) He has made a deal with the Germans
(c) God favors them
(d) Because no one likes the town

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

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

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

15. What does Bardamu think the Manhattan Banks are similar to?
(a) Military hospitals
(b) Cathedrals
(c) The jungles
(d) Prisons

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Bardamu receive his war medal?

2. What happens to the supplies Bardamu is entrusted with in Section 10?

3. What new skill has Bardamu developed in Section 11, following his illness?

4. What makes the Putas sad about the war?

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

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