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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color is the door of the apartment in Chapter 1, where Monsieur Perdu takes a table?

2. How long is Perdu's boat?

3. In Chapter 17, what name does the policeman want Max to write in a copy of his book?

4. What is the house number of the place were Monsieur Perdu lives?

5. How long was Catherine married?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Perdu learn to drive a cargo boat?

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

3. What did Paris seem like to Perdu when his parents took him to see relatives in Brittany?

4. Why did Manon say that she was going to marry Luc and still be Perdu's lover?

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

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

7. Why does Perdu feel sick that he did not read Manon's letter?

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

9. In Chapter 8, what did Perdu get rid of and what did he keep after Manon was gone?

10. In Chapter 11, what does Catherine say about life with her ex-husband?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Perdu, Max, and Cuneo all experience loss. What have the men lost and how do those losses shape them and make them the men they become?

Essay Topic 2

How does Samantha’s jump into the river mirror the emotional journey that Perdu, Max, and Cuneo are taking?

Essay Topic 3

Perdu has turned inward and avoided people since he lost his love over 20 years ago. How does Perdu give up his identity as he grieves his lost love?

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