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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. Who were the Razzia?
(a) Tribal looters.
(b) Moorish marauders.
(c) The Egyptian government.
(d) Sea pirates.

2. Where did the dew come from after Antoine's crash landing?
(a) Some root vegetables.
(b) An oasis.
(c) The Nile.
(d) Far off rain showers.

3. According to Antoine, how did the house the two girls lived in once look long ago?
(a) Intimidating.
(b) Bewildering.
(c) Regal.
(d) Strange.

4. What is the color of the boy on the train?
(a) Golden.
(b) Red.
(c) Black.
(d) White.

5. What word does Antoine use to describe the killing of lives?
(a) Nonsensical.
(b) Ridiculous.
(c) Horrible.
(d) Frightening.

Short Answer Questions

1. What makes the child on the train glow?

2. What about the two girls does Antoine think has evolved since his time with them?

3. What did two opposing sides call one another after a day of battling?

4. What did the Spanish fighters say they were fighting for during the war?

5. According to Antoine, what kind of world is the desert?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Antoine think happened to the girls since he last saw them?

2. What does Antoine say the people on the train have sacrificed to bureaucracy?

3. To what does Antoine compare the sergeant who reluctantly joined the war?

4. How does Antoine start his chapter about oases?

5. What did Antoine see on the meteorology report before heading out to Saigon?

6. What happened to slaves in the desert who were unable to serve?

7. What does Antoine curse at the end of the book, and why?

8. What does Antoine say a human soul remembers after death?

9. What caused Antoine to crash land in the desert?

10. How did Antoine and Prevot react when they met a caravan after their crash landing?

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