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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The narrator states that it is a traveler's what "that one should shop for clothing while abroad"? (116)
(a) Conundrum.
(b) Travesty.
(c) Fanciful notion.
(d) Fallacy.

2. When Arthur goes to dinner with Hans and Hans's friends, he blurts out, "You boys don't know anything about" (106) what?
(a) Boredom.
(b) Misery.
(c) Death.
(d) Poetry.

3. How many camels are present within the caravan led by Mohammed?
(a) Eleven.
(b) Five.
(c) Six.
(d) Nine.

4. 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) Finley.
(b) Zohra.
(c) Carlos.
(d) Lewis.

5. What type of creature is Elizabeth, the parson's "special friend" (198) at the writer's retreat site?
(a) A monkey.
(b) A snake.
(c) A mongoose.
(d) A rat.

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

7. How old is Javier, the man with whom Arthur spends the night in Paris?
(a) 36.
(b) 49.
(c) 24.
(d) 62.

8. Why does Arthur refrain from participating in the retreat manager's attempts at conversation during the ride to the retreat site?
(a) He cannot hear her.
(b) He is depressed.
(c) He is too enchanted with the sights and sounds of India.
(d) He cannot understand her very well.

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

10. Arthur sarcastically thanks life when he sees a book by what author by his bed in the Bedouin encampment?
(a) Robert Brownburn.
(b) Finley Dwyer.
(c) Deepak Chopra.
(d) D.H. Lawrence.

11. 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 meet in Marrakech every year.
(b) To quit Facebook.
(c) To write to one another.
(d) To get fat.

12. What object is given to Arthur at the prize ceremony in Italy?
(a) A watch.
(b) A golden statuette.
(c) A trip to New York City.
(d) A book of poetry.

13. When Freddy expresses to Arthur that he has always wanted to visit Tahiti, Arthur rejects the idea on the grounds that Tahiti seems too what?
(a) Normal.
(b) Resorty.
(c) Touristy.
(d) Superficial.

14. When Finley announces the reason that Arthur's work is not included in the gay literary canon, what does he state as the reason?
(a) Arthur is a bad gay.
(b) Arthur is a white male.
(c) Arthur is a bad writer.
(d) Arthur is bisexual.

15. What error is printed on the flap of the latest printing of one of Arthur's previous novels?
(a) His ethnicity is wrong.
(b) The title of his first novel is wrong.
(c) His age is wrong.
(d) The number of awards he has won is wrong.

Short Answer Questions

1. Upon seeing Lewis again, Arthur describes him as being as what "as ever"? (163)

2. The narrator describes which character as "the kind of woman who would run an international spy ring" (168)?

3. What roles does Hans perform for Arthur during Arthur's time in Germany?

4. With what object does Arthur return when he seeks a remedy for Bastian's fever?

5. What question does the pastor encourage Arthur to ask himself whenever something during his stay seems to him strange or foolish?

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