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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 appears in Bardamu's office with a cough in Section 16?
(a) Alcide
(b) Henrouille
(c) Robinson
(d) Princhard

2. What does Bardemu suspect about the dreadful news he hears just as he is leaving Toulouse?
(a) That it was bound to happen sooner or later
(b) That it was an accident
(c) That Robinson killed her
(d) That Madelon killed her

3. Why does Bardamu sell his own possessions?
(a) To go back to the jungle to begin a gold-collecting operation
(b) To be able to move
(c) To finance an extensive vacation
(d) To finance being a doctor

4. How much money does Grandma Henrouille earn from her job?
(a) 10 francs a day
(b) 1,000 francs
(c) 1 franc each day
(d) 100 francs a day

5. What does Dr. Paraprine advise Bardamu in Section 17?
(a) Just do his best
(b) Make some money
(c) Give up
(d) To change professions

Short Answer Questions

1. How much money does Lola give to Bardamu in Section 13?

2. What can Bardamu not bring himself to do as a doctor?

3. How does Molly try to help Bardamu?

4. Whom does Bardamu propose to marry in Section 13?

5. Where does Bardamu decide to visit in Section 21?

Short Essay Questions

1. What distresses Bardamu about his new profession in Section 15?

2. Why does Bardamu go to Detroit?

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

4. What is curious about the Grandma Henrouille case?

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

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

7. What is Robinson's grisly plan?

8. What becomes obvious to Bardamu while attending the party on the houseboat?

9. What profession does Bardamu enter into when he returns to Paris?

10. What does Bebert fall ill from?

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