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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 is the weather like for the funeral procession?
(a) Calm and breezy.
(b) Intensely hot.
(c) Pouring rain.
(d) Freezing cold.

2. Which of the following phrases describes Meursault's behavior at his mother's funeral?
(a) Full of visible grief.
(b) Marked by anger.
(c) Displaying little emotion.
(d) Obviously anxious.

3. What is Raymond's physical structure?
(a) Short and sturdy.
(b) Wide and unathletic.
(c) Small and weak.
(d) Tall and gangly.

4. How does Perez respond to the grief and exhaustion of the funeral procession?
(a) He sobs wildly.
(b) He excuses himself from the funeral.
(c) He faints.
(d) He remains stoic.

5. Whose beach house do Raymond, Meursault, and Marie visit?
(a) Raymond's friend's.
(b) Raymond's.
(c) Raymond's mistress's.
(d) Raymond's brother's.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Meursault end up eating with an odd woman that he doesn't know?

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

3. Why is Raymond tense before going to the beach house?

4. What mode of transportation does Meursault take to the village where his mother's retirement home is located?

5. How does Meursault react to the people who are visibly grieving his mother's death at the funeral?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does Meursault meet Marie on the day after his mother's funeral and what do they spend the day doing?

2. Why does Meursault's employer chastise Meursault?

3. Describe the conversation that Raymond and Meursault have with Salamano about his missing dog.

4. Describe Meursault's dinner at Celeste's when Marie cannot meet him for dinner?

5. Where does Meursault stay during his night in the village where his mother had lived and who stays with him?

6. Why does Raymond invite Meursault to the police station with him and how does Meursault respond

7. Describe the conversation that Meursault and Marie have about the job offer.

8. Describe Raymond and Meursault's night after they go to the police station together?

9. Where does Meursault go after the funeral and what does he plan to do there?

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

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