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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 is sad about the young girl in Section 16?
(a) She has no money
(b) Her mother refuses her treatment
(c) She is too young
(d) Her mother refuses her a place to eat

2. Who is Lola's circle of friends in Section 13?
(a) Poor and needy
(b) Rich and wealthy
(c) Hospital staff
(d) Immigrants

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

4. What is Lola's mother suffering from?
(a) Blindness
(b) Lung cancer
(c) Arthritis
(d) Liver cancer

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Robinson angry at Grandma Henrouille in Section 23?

2. Who does Bardamu live with in the hotel in Section 21?

3. Whom does Bardamu treat at the location he is called to at the beginning of Section 19?

4. What earns Bardamu a bad reputation in Section 16?

5. What does Bebert fall sick of?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Bardamu disgusted with the midwife?

2. What profession does Bardamu take on in Section 15?

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

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

5. Why does Bardamu gain a bad reputation as a doctor?

6. What does Robinson's appearance in Section 13 mean?

7. What happens with Doctor Baryton?

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

9. What do we terribly suspect Robinson of doing in Section 23?

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

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