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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What difficulty does the restaurant manager encounter when serving the wine?
(a) Paul challenges him on the price of the bottle.
(b) He spills wine all over Serge.
(c) He does not remember the vintage.
(d) The cork breaks and gets stuck inside the bottle.

2. How much time has passed between the two text messages that Paul read on Michel's phone in Chapter 20?
(a) Six.
(b) Nine.
(c) Five.
(d) Two.

3. When Michel finds Paul, what lie does Paul tell him?
(a) That he is leaving Michel some cash for the night.
(b) That he has been looking for Michel.
(c) That he is fixing the window.
(d) That he is remembering when Michel was little.

4. How old is Michel at the time of the narrative?
(a) 15.
(b) 14.
(c) 17.
(d) 13.

5. What is the apparent attitude of the locals towards the Dutch moving into their region?
(a) The locals welcome the Dutch.
(b) The locals fear the Dutch and want nothing to do with them.
(c) The locals dislike the Dutch.
(d) The locals make money off of the Dutch.

6. Who does the waitress hit in the head with her elbow when pouring the wine?
(a) Claire.
(b) Paul.
(c) Babette.
(d) Serge.

7. Who is Claire?
(a) Serge's assistant
(b) Michel's teacher.
(c) Serge's wife.
(d) Paul's wife.

8. What does Paul learn from the voicemails on Michel's phone?
(a) That Michel has a new secret girlfriend.
(b) That the boys have set an appointment to meet Beau.
(c) That Michel is planning to go live with Serge and Babette.
(d) That Michel and Claire are keeping something from him.

9. Watching his son approach on his bike at the restaurant, Paul compares Michel's movements with those of what?
(a) A runaway slave.
(b) A predator.
(c) A hummingbird.
(d) A robot.

10. When Paul tells Michel that he will return the phone as soon as they are home from the dinner, how does Michel respond?
(a) Michel tells Paul that he is going to Rick's.
(b) Michel says he will wait for his parents to return.
(c) Michel tells his father to keep the phone.
(d) Michel says that he will come over to the restaurant.

11. Where does Serge first want to meet before the restaurant?
(a) Paul's home.
(b) Serge's office.
(c) The hip cafe.
(d) The scene of the crime.

12. Why does Serge shift from angry to charming towards the server who spills wine on him?
(a) He looks up realized the server is an attractive young woman.
(b) He is trying to be a more forgiving person.
(c) He realizes that everyone in the restaurant is watching.
(d) Babette tells him to calm down.

13. Who is Rick?
(a) Serge and Babette's adopted son.
(b) Paul and Claire's son.
(c) Serge and Babette's son.
(d) Claire's first husband.

14. How does Serge get out of an extended conversation between the man in the beard and his daughter?
(a) He pretends to take a call.
(b) He gets up to go to the restroom.
(c) He resumes eating his dinner.
(d) He tells them to leave him alone.

15. What annoys Paul about the restaurant manager?
(a) He points his finger at the food as he is explaining it.
(b) He keeps asking if Paul and Claire want more wine.
(c) He has an air of superiority about him.
(d) His suit seems too formal to Paul.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the restroom, what does the man with the beard ask Paul?

2. Where are the two couples meeting for dinner in the novel?

3. How long is it before the elections at the time of the narrative?

4. Paul listens to voicemails on Michel's phone from whom?

5. When Serge and Paul are alone at the table, what does Serge tell Paul?

(see the answer keys)

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