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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 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

2. What shop does Henrouille visit while in Toulouse?
(a) A clothes shop
(b) A sporting goods shop
(c) A tobacconist
(d) A pastry shop

3. What does Bardemu overhear on his way home from the party in Section 23?
(a) That Madelon and Robinson do not like him
(b) Robinson is planning another murder
(c) Madelon and Robinson are about to get married
(d) Robinson hates Madelon

4. What does Bebert fall sick of?
(a) Typhoid fever
(b) Yellow fever
(c) Common fever
(d) Malarial fever

5. At the end of Section 24, where does Baryton decide to travel to?
(a) China
(b) America
(c) England
(d) Africa

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the researchers in Section 17 treat their microbes, test tubes and laboratories?

2. Where does Bardamu next work?

3. What makes Bardamu think that humanity's cruelty has evolved?

4. Who has been injured there at the location Bardamu is called to in the evening in Section 19?

5. Why do people flock to see Grandma Henrouille's show?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Robinson's grisly plan?

2. What does Dr. Paraprine advise Bardamu to do?

3. Why is Bardamu despairing of Robinson and Madelon's lifestyle?

4. What criticism does Bardamu offer for the scientific and medical communities?

5. Why is Bardamu disgusted with the midwife?

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

7. What happens with Doctor Baryton?

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

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

10. Why does Bardamu go to Detroit?

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