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

2. Whom does Bardamu treat at the location he is called to at the beginning of Section 19?
(a) Robinson
(b) A barmaid
(c) Lola
(d) A juggler

3. How does Molly try to help Bardamu?
(a) By organizing a party for him
(b) By writing him love poetry
(c) By looking for another job
(d) By telling her friends about him

4. What does Dr. Paraprine say he has been doing for years?
(a) Inventing cures
(b) Breaking the frontiers of knowledge
(c) Making money
(d) Publishing the same article

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Robinson planning to do?

2. Why does Bardamu visit Lola in Section 13?

3. What dreadful news does Bardemu hear just as he is leaving Toulouse?

4. Where does Bardamu next work?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Bardamu happy for the first time for a long time at the beginning of Section 21?

2. How does Robinson's plan backfire in Section 19?

3. What does Bebert fall ill from?

4. Who is Molly?

5. What is Robinson's grisly plan?

6. What is Dr. Paraprine taken to doing in Section 20?

7. Why does Bardamu go to Detroit?

8. What job does Abbot Protiste suggest for Robinson and Grandma Henrouille?

9. Where does Bardamu go to in order to treat the barmaid in Section 19?

10. Who does Bardamu go to for money in Section 13?

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