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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 dish does Paul prepare on the night that Serge and Babette come over to try and prove his domestic capabilities?
(a) Macaroni alla carbonara.
(b) Mashed potatoes with gravy.
(c) Chicken and rice.
(d) Ziti bolognese.

2. What does Michel accidentally do when he is eight years old?
(a) He leaves the door open, allowing the dog to escape.
(b) He starts a fire in the house.
(c) He kicks a ball through a bike shop window.
(d) He runs over his cousin with his bike.

3. 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) Whether or not Claire knows.
(c) If Paul will help him destroy the evidence.
(d) Whether or not Paul is going to turn him in.

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

5. Who has a loud argument over the dessert course?
(a) Serge and Babette.
(b) Babette and Claire.
(c) Paul and Claire.
(d) Serge and Paul.

Short Answer Questions

1. Outside the restaurant, what additional information does Michel reveal to Paul?

2. On the night of the dinner, when Paul is finally able to see the end of the cell phone video, what does he discover?

3. During the meeting with his principal, why does Paul decide to not act on his impulses?

4. What suggestion of the principal's does Paul agree with?

5. On the night of the news broadcast, what does Paul suggest while talking with Michel?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Babette respond to the dessert in Chapter 36?

2. What response does Claire have as she and Paul watch the surveillance video on television?

3. What has Paul prepared for dinner when Serge and Babette visit while Claire is in the hospital? Why?

4. What advice does Paul give to Michel in Chapter 23? Why?

5. What effects does Paul's medication have on him?

6. What is a flashback? How are flashbacks used in The Dinner?

7. What does Paul order for dessert and what are his thoughts on it?

8. What comes about in the discussion between Paul and Claire regarding a second child?

9. How is Beau's behavior compared with that of Michel and Rick in the scenario presented in Chapter 21?

10. What is clear about the behavior and actions of the perpetrators in the security video Paul watches on the news?

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