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

2. What was the occupation of the man flying with Antoine when they crash landed in the desert?
(a) Linguist.
(b) Mechanic.
(c) Courier.
(d) Meteorologist.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did the dew come from after Antoine's crash landing?

2. What did two opposing sides call one another after a day of battling?

3. What kind of building does Antoine hate to see smoking from the air?

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

5. How does Antoine describe the two girls after he saw what was under the table?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What caused the sergeant that Antoine met to join the war?

3. What made Antoine know his survival in the desert was worth the effort?

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

5. How has the need for labor changed the people on the train?

6. How did Antoine and his mechanic feel as the journey to Saigon began?

7. What does Antoine curse at the end of the book, and why?

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

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

10. How did Antoine feel about the girls from Paraguay after his experience with them at the table?

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