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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did two opposing sides call one another after a day of battling?

2. According to Antoine, how did the house the two girls lived in once look long ago?

3. What does Antoine say an Army Sergeant does first when he wakes during war?

4. What was the occupation of the man flying with Antoine when they crash landed in the desert?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Antoine start his chapter about oases?

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

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

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

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

7. How did Antoine feel about the girls from Paraguay after his experience with them at the table?

8. How did the Moorish men feel when they saw the waterfall in France?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Antoine believes strongly in the power of unity. How does he present this idea, and why? What does he think unity can truly bring about in the world, and is this really possible?

Essay Topic 2

Training and education are topics of discussion in this book. Where do these topics appear in this book, and what affect do they have on the people involved in those parts?

Essay Topic 3

The separation of classes is quite a significant theme in this book. What are these classes, and how does this separation affect the people belonging to them?

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