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

2. What did the two girls at the first oasis like to feed in their spare time?
(a) Animals.
(b) Clergymen.
(c) Missionaries.
(d) Travelers.

3. What about the two girls does Antoine think has evolved since his time with them?
(a) Their dreams.
(b) Their view of the world.
(c) Their desires.
(d) Their looks.

4. What did Antoine see in the desert when he was left alone there the first time?
(a) An oasis.
(b) A gazelle.
(c) A cobra.
(d) A sand storm.

5. To what does Antoine compare seasons?
(a) Lovers.
(b) Poets.
(c) Weavers.
(d) Painters.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Antoine say he spent the best years of his life?

2. What main topic does Antoine discuss in Chapter 9?

3. Which of the following was not a factor in the Civil War?

4. What have the people on the train turned themselves into?

5. What water form was the sign of God's water power to the desert men?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. What did Antoine do for Bark before he left the desert?

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

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