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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Bardamu seek to treat typhoid in Section 17?
(a) By keeping patients warm
(b) By asking advice
(c) By using Epsom salts
(d) By vigorous washing

2. Why does her family want Grandma Henrouille committed to an asylum?
(a) So they can claim a state pension
(b) So they know that she is safe
(c) So they can rent out her house
(d) So they look after her

3. What side-job does Baryton give Bardemu?
(a) Builder of strange architectural details
(b) Teaching him and his daughter English
(c) Binman
(d) Gardener

4. How do the researchers in Section 17 treat their microbes, test tubes and laboratories?
(a) Like a curse
(b) Like a prison
(c) Like a church
(d) Like a bank

5. What is Pomone's job?
(a) Actor
(b) Pimp
(c) Artist
(d) Bookseller

6. When does Bardamu start hallucinating?
(a) When he goes to the crypt
(b) When he drinks with the Polish girl
(c) When he goes to the carnival
(d) When he dances with the Polish girl

7. What does Bardamu call New York City?
(a) A carnival
(b) A wilderness
(c) A church
(d) A prison

8. Who is Bardemu's new boss at the job Dr. Paraprine set up for him in France?
(a) Alcide
(b) Baryton
(c) Princhard
(d) Paraprine

9. Where does Bardamu visit Robinson and Grandma Henrouille in Section 21?
(a) Bordeaux
(b) Toulouse
(c) Calais
(d) Remy

10. How much money does Grandma Henrouille earn from her job?
(a) 100 francs a day
(b) 1,000 francs
(c) 10 francs a day
(d) 1 franc each day

11. What is the nature of the injury of the individual in the evening in Section 19?
(a) Blindness
(b) Blood loss
(c) A missing limb
(d) Headaches

12. Why does Bardamu look down upon the people he lives with in the hotel in Section 21?
(a) They are so young
(b) They just want to party all the time
(c) They are so frivolous
(d) They just want to work and earn money

13. What can Bardamu not bring himself to do as a doctor?
(a) Collect what little money they have
(b) Charge too high a fee for his services
(c) Dentistry
(d) Perform an operation

14. What does Bardemu suspect about the dreadful news he hears just as he is leaving Toulouse?
(a) That Robinson killed her
(b) That it was bound to happen sooner or later
(c) That it was an accident
(d) That Madelon killed her

15. What does Bardamu shout down to the people under his window in Section 13?
(a) Joyful tidings
(b) Praise
(c) Insults
(d) Poetry

Short Answer Questions

1. What shop does Henrouille visit while in Toulouse?

2. What earns Bardamu a bad reputation in Section 16?

3. What favor does Robinson ask for?

4. In Section 20, who also has been recently fired, that Bardamu bumps into?

5. What profession does Bardamu take up when he returns to France in Section 15?

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