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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. What does Paul take that is not his just before going to dinner?
(a) Michel's bike.
(b) Michel's computer.
(c) Michel's cell phone.
(d) Michel's camera.

2. Why does Claire leave the table?
(a) To talk to Babette, who has stormed away.
(b) Because she is tired of Paul's unnecessary rudeness.
(c) To go to the restroom.
(d) Because she is angry at Serge.

3. What is happening when Paul returns from the restroom to the table?
(a) Babette is crying again.
(b) Everyone is laughing.
(c) Serge is taking an important phone call.
(d) The servers are delivering the main course.

4. To what do Paul and Claire attribute Michel's recent change in behavior?
(a) A recent argument with his parents.
(b) Guilt over the incident.
(c) A conflict with a girlfriend.
(d) A problem at school.

5. Where does Beau come from?
(a) The south of France.
(b) A small African country.
(c) An economically depressed region of Holland.
(d) The United States

Short Answer Questions

1. To what actress does Paul compare the waitress at the restaurant?

2. When Paul goes outside, what does Paul see through the restaurant window?

3. What interrupts the backyard party that Serge and Babette host the night before Paul and Claire leave?

4. How does Serge get out of an extended conversation between the man in the beard and his daughter?

5. Watching his son approach on his bike at the restaurant, Paul compares Michel's movements with those of what?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Paul describe his brother's eating behavior?

2. What does Paul say about his feelings of corn in Chapter 16?

3. How is Serge's wine expertise regarded by Paul?

4. How does Paul describe his feelings about his brother?

5. To what films does Paul compare the setting and people of Dordogne in Chapter 12?

6. How does Paul describe the people of Dordogne in Chapter 12?

7. How is the restaurant described?

8. How is the arrival of Serge and Babette at the restaurant described?

9. What explanation does Serge give to Paul regarding Babette's behavior in Chapter 15? Is he telling the truth?

10. Why does Paul go into the restroom after finding Claire and Babette in the garden? Does he achieve his objective?

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