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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following phrases describes Meursault's behavior at his mother's funeral?
(a) Obviously anxious.
(b) Full of visible grief.
(c) Displaying little emotion.
(d) Marked by anger.

2. What did the neighbors say when Meursault put his mother in the home?
(a) They said it was about time.
(b) They said disparaging things about him.
(c) They said he should have chosen a closer home.
(d) They said that he was a perfect son.

3. What does Raymond plan on doing when his mistress returns?
(a) Welcoming her back in.
(b) Insulting her and kicking her out.
(c) Allowing her to stay but cutting her off financially.
(d) Setting down clear rules.

4. How did Meursault know Marie?
(a) She was a co-worker.
(b) She was his neighbor.
(c) She was a family friend.
(d) She was his mother's sister.

5. What does Salamano have with him when Meursault sees him in front of his apartment?
(a) A pistol.
(b) His mangy dog.
(c) A package from the post office.
(d) Flowers.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Meursault live at the start of the novel?

2. After spending the day together, where do Meursault and Marie go in the evening after his mother's funeral?

3. How does Meursault interpret his employer's response to his mother's death?

4. What does Meursault do when he wakes up in the morning and Marie is gone?

5. How does Marie react to the news that Meursault's mother has died only one day before she spends the day with Meursault?

Short Essay Questions

1. When Marie and Meursault hear a raucous disturbance coming from Raymond's apartment, what does Marie asks Meursault to do? How does he respond and why?

2. How does Meursault spend the morning of the Sunday after his mother's funeral?

3. How does Meursault respond when Marie asks him to marry her and how does he feel about the question?

4. Why does Meursault's employer chastise Meursault?

5. How does Meursault's acknowledgment that his mother's funeral was the day before affect Marie and what observations does she make regarding his treatment of his mother's death?

6. After spending the night together the weekend after Meursault's first week back at work, what do Meursault and Marie talk about and what is his response?

7. On what piece of clothing of Meursault's does Marie comment and what does this item represent?

8. Describe Raymond and Meursault's night after they go to the police station together?

9. Describe Meursault's musings at the sun sets on the Sunday after his mother's funeral.

10. When his employer calls him into the office, where does he offer him a job and how does Meursault feel about the offer?

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