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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Port do while Kit and Tunner take a walk together?
(a) He reads.
(b) He sleeps.
(c) He eats.
(d) He prays.

2. Who reveals the news that Eric Lyle is not the son of Mrs. Lyle?
(a) The hotel concierge.
(b) The prostitutes.
(c) The brothel owner.
(d) The hotel manager.

3. Why doesn't Kit want Port to tell Tunner about his recurring dream?
(a) Because the dream will frighten Tunner.
(b) Because she doesn't trust Tunner.
(c) Because Tunner is deaf.
(d) Because she thinks the dream is boring.

4. Why does Kit interrupt the music at M. Chaoui's dinner party?
(a) To fan her face.
(b) To go to the bathroom.
(c) To pour some wine.
(d) To compliment the music.

5. What color is Kit's hair?
(a) Brown.
(b) Blonde.
(c) Black.
(d) Red.

6. What does Mrs. Lyle do for a living?
(a) She is a doctor.
(b) She is a lawyer.
(c) She is a writer.
(d) She is a teacher.

7. How does Kit feel about Tunner's attraction to her?
(a) She is apathetic to it.
(b) She is afraid of it.
(c) She is excited by it.
(d) She is confused by it.

8. What part of Kit's body does Tunner massage before kissing her?
(a) Her head.
(b) Her hands.
(c) Her shoulders.
(d) Her feet.

9. How many glasses of champagne does Kit drink after returning from the fourth-class cabin?
(a) Three.
(b) Five.
(c) Four.
(d) Two.

10. What part of Port's body is lost in his reoccurring dream?
(a) His eyes.
(b) His legs.
(c) His fingers.
(d) His teeth.

11. Which of the following instruments does the musician at M. Chaoui's dinner party play to entertain the guests?
(a) A lute.
(b) An accordion.
(c) A harmonica.
(d) A harp.

12. What is the name of the city that has a large black market for stolen passports?
(a) El Ga'a.
(b) Sba.
(c) Messad.
(d) Ain Krofra.

13. Which of the following bizarre sights does Kit NOT see when she gets trapped in the fourth-class cabin?
(a) A man holding a severed head.
(b) A man eating locusts.
(c) A man braiding his daughter's hair.
(d) A man without a nose.

14. Which continent are Port and Kit traveling through?
(a) South America.
(b) Africa.
(c) Asia.
(d) North America.

15. What does Kit believe is the best way to medicate pain?
(a) By drinking champagne.
(b) By going shopping.
(c) By punching a wall.
(d) By smoking a cigarette.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Lieutenant D'Armagnac's wife live?

2. To what desert do the prostitutes in Marhnia's story travel?

3. In the opening scene of the novel, how does Port feel when he awakens from a dream?

4. What nationality is Smail?

5. What type of animal does Lieutenant D'Armagnac see with a baby's corpse in its mouth?

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