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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Less Moroccan and Less Indian.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What natural event occurs that traps the group inside the Bedouin encampment?
(a) A flash flood.
(b) A tornado.
(c) A sandstorm.
(d) A heat wave.

2. The narrator describes the two camel boys' affection for one another as resembling the love between which two fictional characters?
(a) Romeo and Juliet.
(b) The Hardy Boys.
(c) Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn.
(d) Holden and Phoebe Caulfield.

3. In the front hallway of Arthur's hotel in Mexico, there is an enormous portrait of which artist?
(a) Frida Kahlo.
(b) Salvador Dali.
(c) Pablo Picasso.
(d) Diego Rivera.

4. What lie does Arthur tell to his escort upon his arrival in Mexico?
(a) That he is rich.
(b) That he has read the escort's book of poetry.
(c) That he has never been to Mexico before.
(d) That he has won a Pulitzer Prize.

5. In what city do Arthur and Robert first meet on a beach?
(a) San Francisco.
(b) San Diego.
(c) Sunnyvale.
(d) Alameda.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lewis say is not within human beings to do forever?

2. In what German city is the university at which Arthur teaches for a time?

3. Rather than considering himself German, what nationality does Bastian call his own?

4. With what objects does Arthur always travel that he thinks of as his portable gym?

5. What drug did Arthur and Robert take together during their trip to Mexico?

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