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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. About what time does Salamano reminisce with Meursault?
(a) When Meursault was a single man.
(b) When Meursault and Salamano went to the beach.
(c) When Meursault's mother lived with him.
(d) When Meursault had a cat.

2. Where does Meursault live at the start of the novel?
(a) Algiers.
(b) Edinburgh.
(c) Nigeria.
(d) London.

3. When Marie asks Meursault whether he loves her the first time, how does he respond?
(a) He admits that he does.
(b) He lies and says that he does not.
(c) He lies and says that he does.
(d) He admits that he does not.

4. What does Meursault do on the morning after his night with Marie?
(a) Search for Marie.
(b) Drink scotch.
(c) Walk around town.
(d) Smoke cigarettes.

5. On the first day that Meursault returns to work, who does he meet for lunch?
(a) Marie.
(b) Raymond.
(c) Emmanuel.
(d) Perez.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Meursault hear through his walls after talking to Salamano about the missing dog?

2. How does the proposal between Marie and Meursault occur?

3. Who accompanies Raymond to the police station as a witness?

4. How does the policeman respond to Raymond's verbal abuse when the police come to his home?

5. When the sun sets the Sunday after his mother's funeral, what does Meursault think?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Meursault's musings at the sun sets on the Sunday after his mother's funeral.

2. While Meursault considers the boiled potatoes he will have for dinner, who invites him for dinner and what is this person's appearance?

3. Where does Meursault eat on his first day back to work after his mother's funeral and what does he do after lunch?

4. How does Meursault interpret the questions from his employer when he returns to work and why?

5. What are Salamano's thoughts on Meursault sending his mother to the home?

6. Who is Perez and what does he do during the funeral procession?

7. Describe Meursault's experience washing his hands in the office when he returns to work.

8. What accommodations does Meursault ask his employer to make when he finds out his mother has died and how does the employer react?

9. Why does Meursault's employer chastise Meursault?

10. How does Meursault spend the afternoon of the Sunday after his mother's funeral?

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