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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the name of the man with Antoine when he crash landed in the desert?
(a) Previne.
(b) Provost.
(c) Privvy.
(d) Prevot.

2. What was most surprising to the desert men who took air tours of France?
(a) The circus women.
(b) The dense population.
(c) The waterways.
(d) The gardens.

3. What did the Arabs name Mohammed?
(a) Tree.
(b) Trunk.
(c) Leaf.
(d) Bark.

4. What does Antoine talk about in his last chapter?
(a) Gratitude.
(b) Human nature.
(c) Bureaucracy.
(d) War.

5. How does Antoine describe the Spanish town in the middle of the Civil War?
(a) Flourishing.
(b) Destroyed.
(c) Scarred.
(d) Darkened.

6. How does Antoine describe the two girls after he saw what was under the table?
(a) Daring.
(b) Regal.
(c) Disgusting.
(d) Crazy.

7. For what trait are the Moorish best known?
(a) Their reverence.
(b) Their superstition.
(c) Their devotion.
(d) Their violence.

8. What warned Antoine about the first wind storm he experienced in the desert?
(a) The French Sergeant.
(b) Snakes.
(c) The moon.
(d) Insects.

9. For what did the children in the desert beg?
(a) Beauty.
(b) Cool breezes.
(c) Food.
(d) Water.

10. Where was the first oasis Antoine stayed?
(a) Somalia.
(b) Paraguay.
(c) Brazil.
(d) Egypt.

11. What word does Antoine use to describe the killing of lives?
(a) Horrible.
(b) Nonsensical.
(c) Ridiculous.
(d) Frightening.

12. How does Antoine say Madrid responded to the bombing?
(a) Tempestuously.
(b) Stoically.
(c) Angrily.
(d) Innocently.

13. Which of the following was not a factor in the Civil War?
(a) Socialism.
(b) Fascism.
(c) Anarchism.
(d) Capitalism.

14. What kind of men does Antoine think are shot the most blatantly during war?
(a) The weakest.
(b) The most peaceful.
(c) The most logical.
(d) The loudest.

15. What caused Antoine to think he was going mad after his crash landing?
(a) He thought about God.
(b) He saw his partner withering away.
(c) He saw cities and oases.
(d) He thought about shooting himself.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Antoine compare Madrid to while he and Pepin watched it being bombed?

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

3. What have the people on the train turned themselves into?

4. What time of day did Antoine go looking for water after his crash landing?

5. Where does Antoine say he spent the best years of his life?

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