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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 kind of building does Antoine hate to see smoking from the air?
(a) Schools.
(b) Churches.
(c) Family houses.
(d) Cafes.

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

3. How does Antoine describe the parents of the child on the train?
(a) Extinguished.
(b) Useless.
(c) Peaked.
(d) Homely.

4. What did two opposing sides call one another after a day of battling?
(a) Fighters.
(b) Comrades.
(c) Colleagues.
(d) Friends.

5. What do the people on the train travel to be near to?
(a) Family.
(b) Hope.
(c) Leaders.
(d) Labor.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of men does Antoine think are shot the most blatantly during war?

2. What did the desert men plan to steal from Bonnafous?

3. Where was the first oasis Antoine stayed?

4. What sound did Antoine hear just before he was rescued?

5. What stamp does Antoine say marked all the people on the train?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What happened to slaves in the desert who were unable to serve?

6. What are some of the more violent examples Antoine gives of men's need to unite?

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

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

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

10. How does Antoine start his chapter about oases?

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