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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 did Antoine and the French Sergeant in the desert talk about on his roof?
(a) The dangers of flying.
(b) The French Legion.
(c) The desert mysteries.
(d) The stars.

2. How did two girls disappear and reappear while in the building Antoine stayed in when he saw his first oasis?
(a) Secret passageways.
(b) They were twins.
(c) The vents were large.
(d) They knew where all the shadows were darkest.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Antoine flying from when he crash landed in the desert?

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

3. What does Antoine say was washed from the people on the train?

4. What did Antoine use to collect the dew after his crash landing?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What caused Antoine to crash land in the desert?

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. To what does Antoine compare the sergeant who reluctantly joined the war?

9. How does Antoine describe the house the two girls from Paraguay lived in?

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

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