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

2. Where did Antoine sleep after his crash landing?
(a) In sand holes.
(b) Under trees.
(c) In the plane.
(d) In a tent.

3. What is the color of the boy on the train?
(a) White.
(b) Red.
(c) Black.
(d) Golden.

4. To what does Antoine compare the people on the train?
(a) Creators.
(b) Pawns.
(c) Peasants.
(d) Soldiers.

5. What sound did Antoine hear just before he was rescued?
(a) A woman singing.
(b) Water running.
(c) A bell ringing.
(d) A camel spitting.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word does Antoine use to describe the killing of lives?

2. What kind of winds does Antoine say tossed about the people on the train?

3. In what kind of building did Antoine stay when he saw his first oasis?

4. What did Antoine see in the desert when he was left alone there the first time?

5. Where was the first oasis Antoine stayed?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Antoine say the killing in war is ironic?

2. To what does Antoine compare himself at the end of the book?

3. How did Antoine and Prevot react when they met a caravan after their crash landing?

4. What gave Prevot comfort when the water ran out in the desert?

5. What does Antoine say dies when a man is killed?

6. What does Antoine say the people on the train have sacrificed to bureaucracy?

7. To what does Antoine compare the people on the train?

8. What does Antoine think happened to the girls since he last saw them?

9. How did Mohammed differ from the other slaves Antoine had seen in the desert?

10. What does Antoine say a human soul remembers after death?

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