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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Bardemu suspect about the dreadful news he hears just as he is leaving Toulouse?
(a) That Robinson killed her
(b) That it was bound to happen sooner or later
(c) That it was an accident
(d) That Madelon killed her

2. Whom does Bardamu propose to marry in Section 13?
(a) A police officer
(b) A waitress
(c) An actress
(d) A politician

3. Whom does Bardamu meet up with at the carnival in Section 19?
(a) Robinson
(b) Princhard
(c) Alcide
(d) Lola

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

5. Who does Bardamu go to see in Section 17?
(a) Princhard
(b) Paraprine
(c) Alcide
(d) Robinson

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

7. What ruins Bardamu's experience of the movie theater forever?
(a) Meeting the clientele
(b) The happiest thing that he has ever heard
(c) The saddest song that he has ever heard
(d) Not getting paid fairly

8. Why does Bardamu visit Lola in Section 13?
(a) To ask for some money
(b) To become friends
(c) To say sorry
(d) To reignite their romance

9. What does Bardemu overhear on his way home from the party in Section 23?
(a) Robinson hates Madelon
(b) Madelon and Robinson are about to get married
(c) That Madelon and Robinson do not like him
(d) Robinson is planning another murder

10. Where is Bardamu called to go at the beginning of Section 19?
(a) The hospital
(b) The movies
(c) The theater
(d) The carnival

11. What is the name of the suburb Bardamu lives in when he returns to France?
(a) Finsbury Park
(b) Garenne-Rancy
(c) Haight-Asbury
(d) Bordeaux

12. What is the name of the concierge's nephew?
(a) Bonaparte
(b) Antoine
(c) Michael
(d) Bebert

13. Who appears in Bardamu's office with a cough in Section 16?
(a) Alcide
(b) Princhard
(c) Henrouille
(d) Robinson

14. How many mummified bodies are there in the crypt in Section 21?
(a) Six
(b) Twenty-six
(c) Nineteen
(d) Twenty

15. What happens one day while Bardemu is teaching in Section 24?
(a) Baryton attacks him
(b) World War II is declared
(c) Baryton has a breakdown
(d) Paraprine turns up

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Lola's mother suffering from?

2. What dangerous feature does Bardamu immediately notice about the crypt?

3. What is sad about the young girl in Section 16?

4. What American city does Bardamu travel to after New York?

5. How much money does Grandma Henrouille earn from her job?

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