View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Zohra tries to get Arthur and Lewis to make a pact with her to give up romance and to take what other action?
(a) To write to one another.
(b) To get fat.
(c) To meet in Marrakech every year.
(d) To quit Facebook.

2. What incarnation of facial hair does Arthur begin to grow in Germany?
(a) A thin mustache.
(b) Sideburns.
(c) A beard.
(d) A handlebar mustache.

3. What emotion does Arthur feel when he sees that the retreat manager's car has a television in its dashboard?
(a) Despair.
(b) Wonder.
(c) Awe.
(d) Alarm.

4. At whose suggestion does Arthur attend the writer's retreat in India?
(a) Lewis.
(b) Javier.
(c) Carlos.
(d) Freddy.

5. Upon seeing Lewis again, Arthur describes him as being as what "as ever"? (163)
(a) Excited.
(b) Funny.
(c) Joyous.
(d) Gloomy.

6. Which of Arthur's friends meets him in Marrakech and takes him to the site where the caravan will begin its journey across Morocco?
(a) Zohra.
(b) Finley.
(c) Lewis.
(d) Carlos.

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

8. Which location in Tahiti is the source of Freddy's desire to go there?
(a) Gauguin's house.
(b) The Water Gardens of Vaipahi.
(c) Paofai Gardens.
(d) Fautaua Waterfall.

9. How does Arthur feel upon finding out that he has booked himself into a Christian retreat center, rather than the Buddhist one he had imagined?
(a) Nervous.
(b) Excited.
(c) Deflated.
(d) Wary.

10. For how long is Arthur scheduled to teach in Germany?
(a) Five weeks.
(b) Eight weeks.
(c) Two weeks.
(d) Six weeks.

11. What does Lewis say is not within human beings to do forever?
(a) To be tied to one person.
(b) To be in a long-distance relationship.
(c) To live without heartbreak.
(d) To live in the same city.

12. The narrator describes which character as "the kind of woman who would run an international spy ring" (168)?
(a) Zohra.
(b) Stella.
(c) Marian.
(d) Michelle.

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

14. What does the princess next door to the Moroccan riad's pool do in order to express her displeasure with the late-night noise being made by Arthur's party?
(a) She claps three times.
(b) She clicks her tongue.
(c) She snaps her fingers.
(d) She throws rocks into the pool.

15. Arthur's high school German teacher said that "the key to speaking a new language is to be" what "instead of perfect"? (101)
(a) Slow.
(b) Fearless.
(c) Bold.
(d) Humble.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what state was Arthur's mother's funeral held?

2. The narrator states that it is a traveler's what "that one should shop for clothing while abroad"? (116)

3. Where does the Parisian party at which Finley attacks Arthur's work take place?

4. Why does Arthur refrain from participating in the retreat manager's attempts at conversation during the ride to the retreat site?

5. What does the narrator state as something a camel loves?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 527 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample