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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the nature of the injury of the individual in the evening in Section 19?
(a) A missing limb
(b) Blood loss
(c) Blindness
(d) Headaches

2. In Section 20, who also has been recently fired, that Bardamu bumps into?
(a) Princhard
(b) Paraprine
(c) Grapper
(d) Alcide

3. What side-job does Baryton give Bardemu?
(a) Binman
(b) Builder of strange architectural details
(c) Gardener
(d) Teaching him and his daughter English

4. What favor does Robinson ask for?
(a) A medicine
(b) A reference
(c) A hospital job
(d) A report on conditions at the hospital

5. What does Bardamu think about doing to solve his disastrous business?
(a) Fake his death
(b) Make up the books
(c) Burn his clinic
(d) Leave town

6. Who does Bardamu live with in the hotel in Section 21?
(a) Professors
(b) Scientists
(c) Students
(d) Dancers

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

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

9. Why does Bardamu get the job of treating Bebert?
(a) Bardamu has the most experienced knives in the business
(b) The other doctors do not know how serious the illness is
(c) They other doctors do not know who Bebert is
(d) Because the other doctors like him and think he is the best to handle the job for so little money

10. Who is Lola's circle of friends in Section 13?
(a) Hospital staff
(b) Poor and needy
(c) Immigrants
(d) Rich and wealthy

11. What can Bardamu not bring himself to do as a doctor?
(a) Perform an operation
(b) Charge too high a fee for his services
(c) Collect what little money they have
(d) Dentistry

12. How does Molly try to help Bardamu?
(a) By telling her friends about him
(b) By looking for another job
(c) By writing him love poetry
(d) By organizing a party for him

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

14. Who is Bardemu's new boss at the job Dr. Paraprine set up for him in France?
(a) Alcide
(b) Paraprine
(c) Princhard
(d) Baryton

15. Bardamu's most prolific client in Section 15 has a particular malady, what is it?
(a) Hypochondria
(b) Diabetes
(c) Failing eyesight
(d) Arthritis

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Bardemu suspect about the dreadful news he hears just as he is leaving Toulouse?

3. Where is Bardamu later called that night after attending the carnival in Section 19 in order to attend another emergency?

4. What field of research does Baryton want Bardemu for?

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

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