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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Robinson angry at Grandma Henrouille in Section 23?
(a) He wants a family like she has
(b) He wants to be able to act as well as she does
(c) He wants to be loved as she is
(d) He wants a bigger share of the profits

2. What job does Dr. Paraprine set up for Bardamu back in France?
(a) Working in in a movie theatre
(b) Working in a psychiatric hospital
(c) Book stall employee
(d) Baker's assistant

3. What does Bardamu decide to do?
(a) Become a professor
(b) Become a soldier
(c) Leave his practice
(d) Become a politician

4. When does Bardamu start hallucinating?
(a) When he goes to the carnival
(b) When he drinks with the Polish girl
(c) When he dances with the Polish girl
(d) When he goes to the crypt

5. What field of research does Baryton want Bardemu for?
(a) Magnetic field therapy
(b) Electroshock therapy
(c) Psychology
(d) Counseling

6. What happens after Bardamu proposes marriage in someone in Section 13?
(a) There is a party
(b) He is beaten up
(c) He gets thrown out of the cafe
(d) It is accepted

7. Of what does Bardamu hallucinate?
(a) The clouds and the angels
(b) Dragons and monsters
(c) People he knew in the war
(d) Tin soldiers

8. What is the name of the movie theater Bardamu goes to in Section 20?
(a) Lions
(b) Tarapout
(c) Disney
(d) Paramount

9. Why is Grandma Henrouille at last happy in Section 19?
(a) She is free
(b) She can extort Robinson for money
(c) She feels justified
(d) She can call the police, at last

10. What earns Bardamu a bad reputation in Section 16?
(a) Smacking a child
(b) Shouting at a child
(c) Throwing a child
(d) Throwing things at a child

11. Why does her family want Grandma Henrouille committed to an asylum?
(a) So they know that she is safe
(b) So they can rent out her house
(c) So they can claim a state pension
(d) So they look after her

12. Where does Bardamu visit Robinson and Grandma Henrouille in Section 21?
(a) Calais
(b) Remy
(c) Toulouse
(d) Bordeaux

13. Why does Bardamu look down upon the people he lives with in the hotel in Section 21?
(a) They are so young
(b) They just want to work and earn money
(c) They just want to party all the time
(d) They are so frivolous

14. How much money does Grandma Henrouille earn from her job?
(a) 1,000 francs
(b) 1 franc each day
(c) 10 francs a day
(d) 100 francs a day

15. What is sad about the young girl in Section 16?
(a) Her mother refuses her a place to eat
(b) She has no money
(c) She is too young
(d) Her mother refuses her treatment

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Bardamu decide to visit in Section 21?

2. At the end of Section 24, where does Baryton decide to travel to?

3. Who is Lola's circle of friends in Section 13?

4. Why is the midwife angry at Bardamu?

5. What dreadful news does Bardemu hear just as he is leaving Toulouse?

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