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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was Antoine when he discovered some hope in humanity during the war?
(a) The hospital.
(b) A trench.
(c) His plane.
(d) A battlefield.

2. What main topic does Antoine discuss in Chapter 9?
(a) Psychology.
(b) Politics.
(c) Geography.
(d) History.

3. What does Antoine do for the people on the train at the end of the book?
(a) Blushes.
(b) Sings.
(c) Hides.
(d) Weeps.

4. What does Antoine say the man who marries one of the girls will do to her wild garden?
(a) Hedge it up.
(b) Lock it up.
(c) Tame it.
(d) Kill it.

5. What about the two girls does Antoine think has evolved since his time with them?
(a) Their looks.
(b) Their dreams.
(c) Their view of the world.
(d) Their desires.

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

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

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

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

10. Who controlled the things that were under the table when Antoine ate with the two girls?
(a) The mother.
(b) The two girls.
(c) The hospital owner.
(d) The shakrah.

11. According to Antoine, how did the house the two girls lived in once look long ago?
(a) Bewildering.
(b) Intimidating.
(c) Regal.
(d) Strange.

12. About what does Antoine wonder while remembering his experience at the table with the two girls?
(a) Where they are living.
(b) Why they loved the snakes so much.
(c) What became of them.
(d) If they ever got rid of the lemmings.

13. Whose experience gave Antoine hope after his crash landing?
(a) Mohammed's.
(b) Mermoz's.
(c) Guillaumet's.
(d) Previne's.

14. What was the main comfort to the man with Antoine after the crash landing?
(a) His gun.
(b) Their water.
(c) Antoine's experience.
(d) His wealth at home.

15. To what faction did Pepin belong?
(a) Fascism.
(b) Anarchism.
(c) Socialism.
(d) Capitalism.

Short Answer Questions

1. With whom did Antoine stay when he saw his first oasis?

2. What did Antoine say the building he stayed in when he saw his first oasis had become in its old age?

3. What was most surprising to the desert men who took air tours of France?

4. What was the occupation of the man flying with Antoine when they crash landed in the desert?

5. How does Antoine describe the parents of the child on the train?

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