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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 does Antoine curse at the end of the book?
(a) France.
(b) God.
(c) Technology.
(d) Industry.

2. What warned Antoine about the first wind storm he experienced in the desert?
(a) The moon.
(b) The French Sergeant.
(c) Snakes.
(d) Insects.

3. What does Antoine compare Madrid to while he and Pepin watched it being bombed?
(a) A fortress.
(b) A war hawk.
(c) A sanctuary.
(d) A ship at sea.

4. What kind of men does Antoine think are shot the most blatantly during war?
(a) The weakest.
(b) The most peaceful.
(c) The loudest.
(d) The most logical.

5. Where does Antoine say he spent the best years of his life?
(a) The ocean shore.
(b) The desert.
(c) The arctic.
(d) The oases.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Antoine flying from when he crash landed in the desert?

2. What word does Antoine use to describe the killing of lives?

3. According to Antoine, who do princesses become when they marry stupid men?

4. What is the color of the boy on the train?

5. What did Antoine use to make a bonfire after his crash landing?

Short Essay Questions

1. To what does Antoine compare himself at the end of the book?

2. How does Antoine describe the child he sees on the train?

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

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

5. What does Antoine say dies when a man is killed?

6. What gave Prevot comfort when the water ran out in the desert?

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

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

9. How has the need for labor changed the people on the train?

10. How did Antoine and his mechanic feel as the journey to Saigon began?

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