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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 use to collect the dew after his crash landing?
(a) A canteen.
(b) A silver bowl.
(c) A parachute.
(d) A wallet.

2. What did Antoine use to make a bonfire after his crash landing?
(a) His clothes.
(b) A pile of dried droppings.
(c) His rucksack.
(d) A wing of the plane.

3. Where did the dew come from after Antoine's crash landing?
(a) Some root vegetables.
(b) Far off rain showers.
(c) An oasis.
(d) The Nile.

4. To whom does Antoine compare the child on the train?
(a) Napoleon.
(b) Mozart.
(c) Adam.
(d) Van Gogh.

5. What does Antoine say was washed from the people on the train?
(a) Dreams.
(b) Potential.
(c) Intelligence.
(d) Love.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what does Antoine compare seasons?

2. What was the name of the man with Antoine when he crash landed in the desert?

3. What warned Antoine about the first wind storm he experienced in the desert?

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

5. What was the main comfort to the man with Antoine after the crash landing?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What did Antoine see on the meteorology report before heading out to Saigon?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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