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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is Bardamu later called that night after attending the carnival in Section 19 in order to attend another emergency?
(a) The carnival
(b) The Henrouille residence
(c) The houseboat on the Hudson
(d) Bebert's house

2. Bardamu's most prolific client in Section 15 has a particular malady, what is it?
(a) Diabetes
(b) Hypochondria
(c) Failing eyesight
(d) Arthritis

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

4. Who does Bardamu go to see in Section 17?
(a) Robinson
(b) Alcide
(c) Princhard
(d) Paraprine

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

6. Where does Bardamu decide to visit in Section 21?
(a) Where he was born
(b) His father's house
(c) His old practice
(d) His hometown

7. Who is Lola's circle of friends in Section 13?
(a) Hospital staff
(b) Immigrants
(c) Poor and needy
(d) Rich and wealthy

8. What profession does Bardamu take up when he returns to France in Section 15?
(a) Soldier
(b) Doctor
(c) Politician
(d) Tailor

9. What happens after Bardamu proposes marriage in someone in Section 13?
(a) There is a party
(b) He gets thrown out of the cafe
(c) It is accepted
(d) He is beaten up

10. Where is Bardamu called to go at the beginning of Section 19?
(a) The movies
(b) The hospital
(c) The theater
(d) The carnival

11. What is Robinson planning to do?
(a) Return to the war
(b) Become an actor
(c) Kill Henrouille for money
(d) Get an honest job

12. What is sad about the young girl in Section 16?
(a) She is too young
(b) She has no money
(c) Her mother refuses her a place to eat
(d) Her mother refuses her treatment

13. In Section 20, who also has been recently fired, that Bardamu bumps into?
(a) Princhard
(b) Alcide
(c) Grapper
(d) Paraprine

14. How will Robinson make his money?
(a) Publishing papers
(b) Selling alcohol
(c) Smuggling guns
(d) Guiding illegal tours of mummified remains

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the nature of the injury of the individual in the evening in Section 19?

2. What does Bardamu call New York City?

3. What party do Robinson, Madelon and Bardemu attend in Section 23?

4. In what way in Section 18 does Bardamu think Robinson is being honest?

5. What company does Bardamu find work at in the city he travels to after New York?

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