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

2. What kind of man does Antoine think will marry the two girls?
(a) An imbecile.
(b) An older and wiser man than himself.
(c) A charming man.
(d) A rich suitor.

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

4. 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 wind current.
(b) A sand storm.
(c) A strange calm night.
(d) A typhoon.

5. How did a man with different beliefs from those in his town intend to protect himself?
(a) Befriend spies.
(b) Always be armed.
(c) Stay in hiding.
(d) Make good friends.

Short Answer Questions

1. What made Antoine know surviving after the crash landing was worth the effort?

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

3. Of what are the French Army cots made?

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

5. How did the desert men feel after taking air tours over France?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How does Antoine describe the child he sees on the train?

5. How does Antoine start his chapter about oases?

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

7. What did Antoine do with all of his money while walking through a desert village one day?

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

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

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

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