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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what does Antoine compare the people on the train?

2. Where did the French Sergeant in the desert say his enthusiasm came from?

3. What did Antoine feel under the table while eating with the two girls?

4. What kind of men does Antoine think are shot the most blatantly during war?

5. How did Antoine feel after drinking the dew?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are some of the more violent examples Antoine gives of men's need to unite?

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

3. How does Antoine start his chapter about oases?

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

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

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

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

8. How did Mohammed differ from the other slaves Antoine had seen in the desert?

9. How did Mohammed choose to prepare himself to return to his family?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Training and education are topics of discussion in this book. Where do these topics appear in this book, and what affect do they have on the people involved in those parts?

Essay Topic 2

Antoine includes some ingenious forms of irony in this book. What are some of these examples, and how does their ironic nature affect the feeling of his narrative?

Essay Topic 3

Despair was an emotion that affected Antoine a number of times. What are some of these instances, what caused these feelings of despair, and how was Antoine able to overcome them?

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