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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Karen find particularly interesting about the funeral?
(a) The people's love for him.
(b) The refusal to accept he is dead.
(c) The propaganda.
(d) The haunting music.

2. What did Bill used to say the nice thing about life is?
(a) One has a choice.
(b) People die.
(c) It is filled with life.
(d) It is filled with second chances.

3. Why does Bill tell Charlie he doesn't want to talk about his book?
(a) He has decided not to finish it.
(b) He is too tired.
(c) He has almost been killed.
(d) He knows the story by heart.

4. How is Bill hurt?
(a) He is hit by a car.
(b) He falls down steps.
(c) He is shot.
(d) He is punched.

5. What does Karen say is watching the thousands of marching Chinese?
(a) TV cameras.
(b) A poster of Mao.
(c) The world.
(d) A tank.

6. What does Scott call the local bus station?
(a) A ticket booth.
(b) A cow barn.
(c) A shed.
(d) A shelter.

7. What does Karen want Scott to ask her?
(a) If she is glad to be back.
(b) If she is rich.
(c) If she is happy.
(d) If she loves him.

8. What does the old man take from Bill?
(a) His ID.
(b) His wig.
(c) His false teeth.
(d) His pills.

9. In which city is Bill in chapter eleven?
(a) Athens.
(b) London.
(c) Paris.
(d) Beirut.

10. For what does Karen apologize to Scott?
(a) Hurting him.
(b) Sleeping with Bill.
(c) Leaving at a bad time.
(d) Laughing at the wrong moment.

11. What does George worry Bill and Charlie about?
(a) Another bomb.
(b) Their drinking habits.
(c) A World War.
(d) Their potential deaths.

12. Who does Bill think about just before he dies?
(a) His father.
(b) Liz.
(c) Karen.
(d) His mother.

13. What does the torturer use to hit the soles of Julien's feet?
(a) Reeds.
(b) A rod.
(c) A stick.
(d) A whip.

14. With whom does Julien imagine having a conversation?
(a) His father.
(b) His mother.
(c) His wife.
(d) His brother.

15. What dictator does the Beatles song mention?
(a) Trotsky.
(b) Mao.
(c) Stalin.
(d) Hitler.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Karen collect for the homeless people?

2. What does Brita suggests Karen return to her?

3. What does Scott clean in this section?

4. Who does the graffiti say should go home?

5. What does Bill do after Liz goes to bed?

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