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

2. What language does Marhnia speak?
(a) Spanish.
(b) English.
(c) Arabic.
(d) French.

3. What does Eric claim to do for a living?
(a) He claims he is a lawyer.
(b) He claims he is a fisherman.
(c) He claims he is a student.
(d) He claims he is a musician.

4. When not traveling, where do Port and Kit live?
(a) In Los Angeles.
(b) In New York.
(c) In Detroit.
(d) In Chicago.

5. In what type of building does Smail live?
(a) A tent.
(b) A cave.
(c) An apartment complex.
(d) A fortress.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which continent are Port and Kit traveling through?

2. What do the prostitutes in Marhnia's story long to do in the desert?

3. Who does Port initially accuse of stealing his wallet?

4. What part of Kit's body does Tunner massage before kissing her?

5. Why does Kit interrupt the music at M. Chaoui's dinner party?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Tunner attempt to comfort Kit when she is nervous on their train ride to Boussif?

2. How does Port react to Marhnia's story about the prostitutes?

3. How do Port and Smail meet?

4. Who is Mohammad?

5. How do Port and Tunner know each other?

6. How does Port feel when he wakes up from his nap in the opening scene of the novel?

7. What reason does Lieutenant D'Armagnac give about why a native probably did not steal his wallet?

8. What awkward moment ensues with Kit enjoys a cup of tea with M. Chaoui?

9. What happens when Tunner shows up at Kit's doorstep asking to take her on a walk?

10. What disturbing dream does Port have while napping in Oman?

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