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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8: Prisoner of the Sand.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Antoine feel under the table while eating with the two girls?
(a) Scorpions.
(b) Rats.
(c) Lemmings.
(d) Snakes.

2. What kind of storm does Antoine say he prefers to face?
(a) One he can predict.
(b) One he can see.
(c) One he can hide from.
(d) One he can avoid.

3. What did a former French prince decide to become?
(a) A wanderer.
(b) A shepherd.
(c) A monk.
(d) A preacher.

4. What view does Antoine think he is stealing when he is flying?
(a) A bird's.
(b) A butterfly's.
(c) The clouds'.
(d) God's.

5. How long was Guillaumet stranded before he was found?
(a) Two months.
(b) Two weeks.
(c) One week.
(d) One month.

Short Answer Questions

1. What motivated Guillaumet to keep moving when he was stranded and alone?

2. Which of the following is NOT something that Antoine says that machines help people to do?

3. According to Antoine, what shaped his character the most?

4. Who controlled the things that were under the table when Antoine ate with the two girls?

5. About what does Antoine wonder while remembering his experience at the table with the two girls?

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