2. How does Rieux encourage Tarrou?
(a) He tells him he must live if he is to be a saint.
(b) He tells him his illness is improving.
(c) He tells him he has been nominated for a Papal knighthood.
(d) He tells him he is the best friend he could ever hope to have.

3. What happens when Rieux tries to get Grand into the car?
(a) Grand hits him.
(b) Grand takes the car keys and runs away.
(c) Grand runs away, then falls over.
(d) Rieux has to hit him to make him keep quiet.

4. To what does Dr. Rieux confess?
(a) That he did not love his wife.
(b) That he has stolen Tarrou's journal.
(c) That he is a secret believer in Christianity.
(d) That he is the narrator.

5. What is taking place in the town?
(a) Joyful celebration.
(b) Street races.
(c) People are visiting graves of plague victims.
(d) Looting.

6. What does Dr. Rieux fear?
(a) That he will himself catch the plague.
(b) That the church will make a lot of money from the burials.
(c) That corpses will be piled in the streets.
(d) That rats will eat the corpses.

7. How has Fr Paneloux assisted the community during the plague?
(a) He has preached supportive sermons.
(b) He has worked in hospitals.
(c) He has said Mass every day.
(d) He has researched ancient inscriptions for plague remedies.

8. Who is now an important plague victim?
(a) Dr. Castel.
(b) Dr. Rieux's mother.
(c) M. Othon's little boy.
(d) M Othon's wife.

9. What important Christian feast is ignored this year?
(a) Christmas.
(b) The Feast of the Assumption.
(c) All Souls' Day.
(d) Pentecost.

10. How did Tarrou respond to his father's court performance?
(a) He was very proud of his father.
(b) He was embarrassed.
(c) He thought the accused deserved his fate.
(d) He had compassion for the accused.

11. The plague is changing in two ways. What is the first way?
(a) The death rate drops dramatically.
(b) The death rate becomes steady,
(c) People die only every second day.
(d) The death rate climbs dramatically.

12. What decison does Rambert make?
(a) To smuggle medicines into Oran.
(b) He decides to stay and help to fight the plague.
(c) To buy a new apartment with a view over the bay.
(d) To escape and return to his wife.

13. With whom is Fr Paneloux billeted?
(a) Dr. Rieux.
(b) Cardinal Richelieu.
(c) An old woman.
(d) M. Cottard.

14. What is Tarrou's opinion of his fellow human beings?
(a) He believes they are more bad than good.
(b) He believes they are more selfish than he is.
(c) He beieves they are more good than bad.
(d) He believes they lack courage.

15. What was the elder Tarrou's obsession?
(a) Lego.
(b) Watching court cases.
(c) The railway directory.
(d) Model trains.