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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 Perdu tell Max to do when a policeman stops the boat in Chapter 17?
(a) Lock the cats in the galley.
(b) Fix food.
(c) Clean windows or practice knots.
(d) Swab the decks.

2. In Chapter 5, what is Max Jordan holding when Perdu finds him on his boat?
(a) French bread.
(b) Honeydew melons.
(c) Baguette.
(d) Watermelon.

3. How old was Margot when she was in love with a German soldier?
(a) 16.
(b) 15.
(c) 17.
(d) 18.

4. In Chapter 17, what name does the policeman want Max to write in a copy of his book?
(a) Marguerite.
(b) Tomas.
(c) Frederic.
(d) Renee.

5. After what city in Chapter 15, do Perdu and Max plunge into the green of summer?
(a) Chartrettes.
(b) Boissie-le-Roi.
(c) Melun.
(d) Evry.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Catherine wearing in Chapter 10?

2. In Chapter 9, what does Nadira del Pappas do?

3. How old is Perdu's father?

4. In Chapter 20, what is the color of Lindgren's fur?

5. From what district is the policeman from who stops Perdu in Chapter 17?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the flag like that Max finds in Chapter 16?

2. What can Perdu smell in Chapter 1 when he opens a casement window?

3. What types of buildings and shops are in Perdu's neighborhood?

4. In Chapter 18, what does Max say about his father and what his father said when Max offered to supplement his father's income?

5. In Chapter 10, how does Perdu feel when he is at Catherine's flat?

6. In Chapter 20 when Perdu borrows Ida's bicycle, what does he leave on the handlebars of the bike?

7. At the beginning of Chapter 9, what does Perdu do for hours and how does he feel afterward?

8. In Chapter 6, who does Perdu say should read Jose Saramago's Blindness?

9. Where is the table that Perdu decides to give away in Chapter 1, and how does he have to get into the room?

10. How do Perdu and Max get dinner in Chapter 19?

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