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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Beau, Rick, and Michel do when they first discover a homeless woman on their way home from a party?
(a) They help her to a homeless shelter.
(b) They give her money.
(c) They bully and harass her.
(d) They report her to the police.

2. What is Paul initially worried about when he starts his treatment for his disorder?
(a) That Michel will not be able to look at him as strong father.
(b) That the medications will alter his personality without his noticing.
(c) That Claire might leave him if he becomes too dependent on her.
(d) That the treatment will fail and that he will lose his faculties.

3. What suggestion of the principal's does Paul agree with?
(a) To take a vacation.
(b) To revise his curriculum.
(c) To apologize to his students.
(d) To visit with the school psychologist.

4. What happens when Babette tries to send her dessert back at the restaurant?
(a) Serge eats it instead.
(b) Claire offeres to trade hers for it.
(c) It spills all over Paul.
(d) The manager takes it off the bill.

5. How much does Serge say people get for manslaughter in their country?
(a) Two years.
(b) Six years.
(c) Nine years.
(d) Ten years.

6. What additional information does Paul learn from his web searching?
(a) Paul finds additional cell phone video of the fire in the ATM.
(b) Paul discovers nothing else about the incident anywhere online.
(c) Paul reads the life story of the victim.
(d) Paul learns that the police are close to naming a suspect in the crime.

7. Why does Paul go to the bike shop when Michel is eight years old?
(a) Michel's bike needs repairs.
(b) Paul wants to buy Michel a new bike.
(c) He wants to pay for the damage to the window.
(d) He wants to confront the owner about yelling at Michel.

8. What does Michel insist to Paul about the incident?
(a) That the woman deserved what she got.
(b) That they thought the gas can was empty.
(c) That they had nothing to do with the attack.
(d) The Rick was the ringleader and forced him into it.

9. To what does Paul compare his emotional transition when speaking with the principal in Chapter 30?
(a) A desert.
(b) A storm.
(c) A tree.
(d) A sea.

10. Outside the restaurant, when Paul tells Michel that he has seen the videos on his phone, what does Michel want to know?
(a) If Paul wants to hear the whole story of what happened.
(b) If Paul will help him destroy the evidence.
(c) Whether or not Paul is going to turn him in.
(d) Whether or not Claire knows.

11. When does Serge announce there will be a press conference in Chapter 38?
(a) Tomorrow at eight.
(b) Tomorrow at nine.
(c) Tomorrow at noon.
(d) Wednesday at two.

12. Serge and Babetter visit Michel at home on the eve of an important event for Clair; what is that event?
(a) Birthday.
(b) Promotion at work.
(c) Surgery.
(d) Having her second baby.

13. What chance is Serge unwilling to take?
(a) Getting elected only to have the boys' crime made public.
(b) Making any choice that could endanger his brother's mental health.
(c) Getting elected and having his violent and unstable brother in the public eye.
(d) Making any choice that could endanger his marriage.

14. What name does Paul give for his wife to the principal in Chapter 30?
(a) Jaime.
(b) Michelle.
(c) Anna.
(d) Carla.

15. What does Paul learn from his visits with the psychologist?
(a) He has a neurological disorder.
(b) He has been taking the wrong medications.
(c) He has burned out as a teacher.
(d) How to manage his anger.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Paul respond when Serge tries to calm him down on the night Serge and Babette are at Paul's house for dinner?

2. Who witnesses Paul's violent outburst in the kitchen?

3. What test is usually used to diagnose Paul's disorder?

4. In the flashback to when Paul is still teaching, where does he take a trip to?

5. What does Paul wonder about when he hears about the test usually used to diagnose his disorder?

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