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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the narrator describe Faustine's behavior?
(a) Evil.
(b) Fun.
(c) Rampant.
(d) Grotesque.

2. What does the narrator scream at Morel to humiliate him?
(a) The woman has a beard.
(b) The woman is bald.
(c) You have a hole in your pants.
(d) Your zipper is undone.

3. About whom does the narrator dream in this section?
(a) Morel.
(b) His sister.
(c) Faustine.
(d) The rug seller.

4. What does the man realize he loves in this section?
(a) An iomage.
(b) An angel.
(c) A ghost.
(d) A goddess.

5. What problem does the narrator have with the room where he sleeps that night?
(a) He can't turn off the light.
(b) The pinks clash with the reds.
(c) He can't turn down the volume on the radio.
(d) He can't close the door.

6. What concept does the narrator say he finds delightful?
(a) The fact Faustine is in love with him.
(b) The fact he could be a genius.
(c) The fact he could have found his soulmate.
(d) The fact he may be dead.

7. From where does the narrator watch the invaders?
(a) Through a hole in the adjoining room.
(b) Through the window.
(c) Under the table.
(d) The balcony.

8. What does the man think is causing him to hallucinate?
(a) The water.
(b) The roots.
(c) The air.
(d) The mushrooms.

9. The narrator say the swimming pool is full of what animals?
(a) Frogs and snakes.
(b) Newts and crocs.
(c) Alligators and dragonflies.
(d) Toads and flies.

10. Why does the narrator begin to think Morel and Faustine are putting on a comic act for his benefit?
(a) They are always hiding.
(b) They bump into things.
(c) They are repeating words.
(d) They ignore him.

11. What does Morel say is the name of the company with which he worked on his machine?
(a) The Snide Company.
(b) The Schwein Company.
(c) The Heckeroth Company.
(d) The Schwachter Company.

12. What does the large hall look like it has been set up to host?
(a) A big dinner.
(b) A lecture.
(c) A picnic.
(d) A badminton game.

13. Where does the narrator find fresh flowers?
(a) In the cemetery.
(b) In the mountains.
(c) Next to the museum.
(d) In the lowlands.

14. What does the narrator see waiting at the bay?
(a) A white freighter.
(b) A canoe.
(c) A yacht.
(d) A raft.

15. Morel compares his invention to what?
(a) The beer, the stamp and the computer.
(b) The telephone, the DVD player and the cinema.
(c) The telegram, the wireless and the television.
(d) The radio, the phonograph and the television.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose footsteps drive the narrator away?

2. Why is the narrator certain that people have come back to the island?

3. What does the narrator bring to give to the woman on the beach?

4. What does Morel say he wants to happen before he begins?

5. Who does the narrator think has contracted the island's horrible disease?

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