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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. How does the bike shop owner respond to Paul's visit?
(a) He tries to sell him a newer, more expensive bike.
(b) He angrily refers to Michel as a punk.
(c) He gives Michel a bell for his handlebars.
(d) He thanks Paul for covering the damage.

2. After the news broadcast, what does Paul do?
(a) He calls his brother Serge for advice.
(b) He sits down to discuss the situation with Claire.
(c) He calls the police.
(d) He goes to Michel's room and confronts him about the incident.

3. How does Paul manage the symptoms of his disease?
(a) With intense psychotherapy.
(b) With occasional surgeries.
(c) With medication.
(d) With electroshock treatments.

4. How does Paul defend his statements, made in class while teaching history, to the principal?
(a) He pleads for leniency because he has been under a lot of stress at home.
(b) He claims that he would rather see the government collapse than see his brother become prime minister.
(c) He claims that, statistically speaking, many of the victims of WWII deserved to die.
(d) He argues that he is a tenured teacher and has the right to determine the content of his class.

5. 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 will help him destroy the evidence.
(b) Whether or not Claire knows.
(c) Whether or not Paul is going to turn him in.
(d) If Paul wants to hear the whole story of what happened.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens when Babette tries to send her dessert back at the restaurant?

2. When Beau, Rick, and Michel started throwing trash, what item nearly hit a woman in the head?

3. Why have Serge and Babette come to Paul's house when it is only Paul and Michel there?

4. After the incident at the bike shop, what agreement do Paul and Michel make?

5. From whom does Michel gotten LPs when he was eight?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What justificaton is given for the boys' actions in Chapter 21?

3. Where does Paul find the new video of the crime? What is it labeled as?

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

5. How is Claire treated for her illness in Chapter 34?

6. How does Paul describe the relationship between Michel and Rick in Chapter 26?

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

8. Why does Serge and Babette come to Paul's home when Claire is in the hospital? How does Paul respond?

9. How does Paul's house appear when Babette and Serge visit while Claire is in the hospital?

10. How does Michel react to the scene at the bicycle shop?

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