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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Kit beg the nurse to bring for Port, but the nurse cannot because it is rationed?
(a) Cheese.
(b) Bread.
(c) Chocolate.
(d) Milk.

2. What substance is covering the whip Kit is beaten by with the old servant?
(a) Honey.
(b) Blood.
(c) Oil.
(d) Dung.

3. Where does Kit wish she and Port were traveling to instead of El Ga'a?
(a) To Spain.
(b) To Greece.
(c) To France.
(d) To Italy.

4. Who does Tunner discover rummaging through his bags with a flashlight?
(a) Kit.
(b) Captain Broussard.
(c) Abdelkader.
(d) Eric Lyle.

5. Which of the following meats is Kit regularly fed to help fatten her?
(a) Pork.
(b) Chicken.
(c) Lamb.
(d) Beef.

6. What is the only object in the tiny room where Belqassim locks Kit?
(a) A bucket.
(b) A pillow.
(c) A bed.
(d) A lamp.

7. Which of the following diseases is Port diagnosed with upon entering the military hospital?
(a) Malaria.
(b) Typhoid.
(c) Yellow fever.
(d) Chicken pox.

8. How does Kit react to the news that Port is dead?
(a) She is confused.
(b) She is amused.
(c) She is apathetic.
(d) She is devastated.

9. What does Kit hear in the middle of the night that draws her away from Zozeph's house?
(a) Drums.
(b) Purring.
(c) Sirens.
(d) Cheering.

10. Which of the following characters regularly visits a sauna to battle chills?
(a) Lieutenant D'Armagnac.
(b) Port.
(c) Kit.
(d) M. Abdelkader.

11. Who is waiting in the hotel bar, awaiting Kit's return to the States?
(a) Tunner.
(b) Port.
(c) Eric Lyle.
(d) Belqassim.

12. Which of the following adjectives does shopkeeper Daoud Zozeph use to describe the world?
(a) Charitable.
(b) Magnanimous.
(c) Benevolent.
(d) Altruistic.

13. What African country does Kit find herself in after escaping from Belqassim's house?
(a) Sudan.
(b) Algeria.
(c) Liberia.
(d) Egypt.

14. What does Captain Broussard accuse Kit of while Port is sick in bed?
(a) Stealing Eric Lyle's passport.
(b) Poisoning Port.
(c) Abandoning Tunner.
(d) Not really being married to Port.

15. Who helps Kit escape from Belqassim's house?
(a) Kit escapes on her own.
(b) The neighbors.
(c) The wives.
(d) The servants.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Kit react when she hears she must leave Africa?

2. Which religious building do Tunner and Kit visit while Port is dying?

3. Who feeds Kit during the day?

4. What meal does Lieutenant D'Armagnac enjoy with Tunner when he arrives in town?

5. What odds does the Captain of the military hospital give for Port's likely survival?

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