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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. During the meeting with his principal, why does Paul decide to not act on his impulses?
(a) He fears he would be arrested.
(b) He thinks about Michel.
(c) He wants to discuss his options with Claire first.
(d) He knows he will lose his job if he does.

2. On the night of the dinner, when Paul is finally able to see the end of the cell phone video, what does he discover?
(a) That the boys are being framed for the crime.
(b) That the woman had goaded them into attacking her.
(c) That the idea for the attack was Rick's.
(d) That Michel is the ringleader and initiated the attack on the woman.

3. How does Paul respond when Serge tries to calm him down on the night Serge and Babette are at Paul's house for dinner?
(a) Paul withdraws and locks himself in his bedroom.
(b) Paul ignores him and workes on cleaning the kitchen.
(c) Paul settles down and agrees to Serge's proposal.
(d) Paul savagely beats his brother with a hot saucepan.

4. Outside the restaurant, what additional information does Michel reveal to Paul?
(a) That his new girlfriend was also present at the incident.
(b) That he has already been to the police to confess to the crime.
(c) That Beau is using the cell phone video to blackmail Michel and Rick.
(d) The video has been posted by a stranger who hacked his phone.

5. What is Paul initially worried about when he starts his treatment for his disorder?
(a) That the medications will alter his personality without his noticing.
(b) That Michel will not be able to look at him as strong father.
(c) That Claire might leave him if he becomes too dependent on her.
(d) That the treatment will fail and that he will lose his faculties.

6. How does the video on the news broadcast that Paul and Claire see end?
(a) With the gas can igniting and engulfing the old woman in flames.
(b) With Serge going before the cameras and insisting the attackers be brought to justice.
(c) With the arrival of the police.
(d) With clear pictures of Michel and Rick.

7. According to Serge, how has the incident at the ATM affected Rick?
(a) He seems completely unaffected by the incident.
(b) He is racked with guilt over his actions.
(c) He is terrified of getting caught by the police.
(d) He has developing a disturbing violent streak.

8. What does Paul wonder about when he hears about the test usually used to diagnose his disorder?
(a) Whether or not the test was done for Michel.
(b) Whether or not Claire can catch the disease.
(c) How many other people suffer from the same condition.
(d) Why they had not had the test decades ago.

9. What do Beau, Rick, and Michel discover inside the place they decide to stop on their way home from a party?
(a) A pile of trash that someone had thrown inside.
(b) A drunken old man.
(c) A homeless woman in a sleeping bag.
(d) A group of thieves trying to break into the machine.

10. What does Paul learn from his visits with the psychologist?
(a) He has been taking the wrong medications.
(b) He has burned out as a teacher.
(c) He has a neurological disorder.
(d) How to manage his anger.

11. What happens when Babette tries to send her dessert back at the restaurant?
(a) Serge eats it instead.
(b) It spills all over Paul.
(c) Claire offeres to trade hers for it.
(d) The manager takes it off the bill.

12. Who at the table is the first to call what the boys did a murder?
(a) Paul.
(b) Claire.
(c) Babette.
(d) Serge.

13. When does Serge announce there will be a press conference in Chapter 38?
(a) Tomorrow at noon.
(b) Wednesday at two.
(c) Tomorrow at nine.
(d) Tomorrow at eight.

14. Outside the restaurant, when Paul tells Michel that he has seen the videos on his phone, what does Michel want to know?
(a) If Paul wants to hear the whole story of what happened.
(b) Whether or not Paul is going to turn him in.
(c) If Paul will help him destroy the evidence.
(d) Whether or not Claire knows.

15. What dish does Paul prepare on the night that Serge and Babette come over to try and prove his domestic capabilities?
(a) Mashed potatoes with gravy.
(b) Macaroni alla carbonara.
(c) Chicken and rice.
(d) Ziti bolognese.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Michel insist to Paul about the incident?

2. Why have Serge and Babette come to Paul's house when it is only Paul and Michel there?

3. What dies Paul discover during Serge and Babette's visit to his home for dinner?

4. Serge and Babetter visit Michel at home on the eve of an important event for Clair; what is that event?

5. What unexpected event occurs after Paul beigns taking medication?

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