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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 makes the child on the train glow?
(a) His identity.
(b) His potential.
(c) His smile.
(d) His youth.

2. According to Antoine, who do princesses become when they marry stupid men?
(a) Spinsters.
(b) Lovers.
(c) Imbeciles.
(d) Slaves.

3. Which of the following was NOT something Antoine said was sacrificed by the people on the train?
(a) Their identities.
(b) Their families.
(c) Their homes.
(d) Their physical forms.

4. According to Antoine, how did the house the two girls lived in once look long ago?
(a) Bewildering.
(b) Strange.
(c) Intimidating.
(d) Regal.

5. What did Antoine say the building he stayed in when he saw his first oasis had become in its old age?
(a) Charming.
(b) Dusty.
(c) Filthy.
(d) Broken.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. To what faction did Pepin belong?

3. To whom does Antoine compare the child on the train?

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

5. What title in the Army did Bonnafous hold?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How did Mohammed choose to prepare himself to return to his family?

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

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

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

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

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

9. What did the two girls from Paraguay like to do in their spare time?

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

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