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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Lola come from?
(a) Britain
(b) Germany
(c) Africa
(d) America

2. In what year does the book start?
(a) 1940
(b) 1914
(c) 1913
(d) 1944

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is the town that Bardamu is sent to investigate so suspicious?

2. What does Princhard believe will happen to himself?

3. As stated in Section 3, how is Robinson similar to Bardamu?

4. What event is about to happen in world history, across Europe at the beginning of the book?

5. How much money do the Putas give Voireuse and Bardamu?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Musyne, and why does her relationship with Bardamu fail to work?

2. Whom does Bardamu meet outside Noirceur who becomes an enduring character in his own life?

3. Why does Bardamu set fire to his trading hut in Section 10?

4. What is Voireuse's scheme for getting money?

5. What does Bardamu realize about his new life in Africa, this new continent and the people he associates with?

6. What is strange about the military outpost under Lt. Grappa's command?

7. What is the best description of the main character's personality?

8. What does Bardamu think is the interesting quality of the Manhattan Banks?

9. What is the traditional cure for cowardice used in the military hospitals?

10. What does Bardamu decide is strange - yet respectful - about Sergeant Alcide?

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