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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the desert men plan to steal from Bonnafous?
(a) Camels.
(b) Planes.
(c) Food.
(d) Water.

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

3. What does Antoine curse at the end of the book?
(a) France.
(b) Industry.
(c) Technology.
(d) God.

4. How did the desert men feel after taking air tours over France?
(a) Grateful.
(b) Astonished.
(c) Disdainful.
(d) Altered.

5. With whom did Antoine stay when he saw his first oasis?
(a) A church.
(b) A co-pilot.
(c) A hospital.
(d) A family.

6. Before the crash landing, what did Antoine think he saw in the Middle East when he looked at a meteorology map before taking off?
(a) A typhoon.
(b) A strange calm night.
(c) A sand storm.
(d) A wind current.

7. How did Antoine feel after drinking the dew?
(a) Sick.
(b) Sleepy.
(c) Delirious.
(d) Thirsty.

8. Where was Antoine headed when he crash landed in the desert?
(a) Saigon.
(b) Paris.
(c) London.
(d) Cairo.

9. What does Antoine think most young girls dream about?
(a) Flying.
(b) Young men.
(c) Being like their parents.
(d) Living somewhere new.

10. What does Antoine say is destroyed when a man is killed?
(a) A sacred vessel.
(b) A whole world.
(c) A child of God.
(d) The key to secrets.

11. What does Antoine compare Madrid to while he and Pepin watched it being bombed?
(a) A ship at sea.
(b) A sanctuary.
(c) A fortress.
(d) A war hawk.

12. What makes the child on the train glow?
(a) His potential.
(b) His identity.
(c) His youth.
(d) His smile.

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

14. Where was Antoine flying from when he crash landed in the desert?
(a) Cairo.
(b) Paris.
(c) London.
(d) Saigon.

15. According to Antoine, who do princesses become when they marry stupid men?
(a) Imbeciles.
(b) Spinsters.
(c) Lovers.
(d) Slaves.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Guillaumet carrying in the plane when he left Antoine in the Sahara?

2. What did Antoine fear the two girls at the first oasis would do to him?

3. According to Antoine, how did the house the two girls lived in once look long ago?

4. What motivated Antoine to stay alive after his crash landing?

5. What was the name of the man with Antoine when he crash landed in the desert?

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