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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. What does Bardamu decide to do to the hut in Section 10?
(a) Paint it
(b) Set fire to it
(c) Build an extension
(d) Live in it

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

3. How does Bardamu almost become a celebrity in Section 6?
(a) He dates a famous actress
(b) His fake war stories are used in a play
(c) His exploits are in the news
(d) His striking good looks

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

5. What family do Bardamu and the individual he starts hanging around with in Section 7 go to see?
(a) Grapper
(b) Puta
(c) Henrouille
(d) Alcide

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does Bardamu suddenly join a parade?

3. What instrument does Musyne play?

4. What happens when Bardamu tries to resign his post?

5. What does Bardamu think he is going to find in America?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the significance of Major Pincon's map?

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

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

4. Why is Robinson's appearance in Section 8 significant?

5. What does Bardamu find so calculating and ruthless about the Director?

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

7. What hallucination does Bardamu start to have at the end of Section 4 and why?

8. Who is the man at the last trading hut before the jungle?

9. What does Bardamu feel about Lola and the people of Paris?

10. In Bardamu's view, why do all the Americans go to the movies?

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