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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 biker club had the narrator infiltrated?
(a) Iron Order.
(b) Gypsy Jokers.
(c) Rock Machine.
(d) Hell’s Angels.

2. Which of the following do scientists demonstrate Neanderthals could hunt?
(a) Choughs.
(b) Grouse.
(c) Quail.
(d) Pheasants.

3. To where do Denis and Françoise mean to go from the Moulinards?
(a) Avignon.
(b) Fréjus.
(c) Grenoble.
(d) Sazerac.

4. Which of the following grows in the churchyard at Vantôme?
(a) Thistles.
(b) Hogweed.
(c) Tobacco.
(d) Broad-leaved Dock.

5. Which of the following is noted as an alternative name for the Cagots?
(a) Gaheris.
(b) Gawain.
(c) Gahet.
(d) Gareth.

Short Answer Questions

1. On which of the following does the narrator remark a biker relies?

2. Approximately how many Moulinards live at the commune?

3. At what time does the narrator arrive for her first meeting with Pascal?

4. What profession had Lucien’s father pursued?

5. What is used to treat Bruno’s lice?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Platon travel to the Guyenne with minimal staff?

2. In the novel, what is an épicerie?

3. What critique do Denis and Françoise have of the Moulinards?

4. Why does Bruno’s daughter run the café in Vantôme?

5. How does the novel describe emotional labor (246)?

6. Why do the old anglers in Guyenne want to go to Oklahoma to fish?

7. What does the narrator remark agents do after their infiltrative assignments end?

8. Why, per Bruno, is there resistance to the idea of Neanderthal fishing?

9. Why do quinces confuse the narrator?

10. Why does the narrator doubt Pascal’s violent intentions?

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