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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. For what did the children in the desert beg?

2. What does Antoine say was washed from the people on the train?

3. What caused Antoine to think he was going mad after his crash landing?

4. Where does Antoine say he spent the best years of his life?

5. What did Antoine fear the two girls at the first oasis would do to him?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What caused the sergeant that Antoine met to join the war?

4. How did the Moorish men feel when they saw the waterfall in France?

5. What did Antoine do for Bark before he left the desert?

6. How does Antoine describe the house the two girls from Paraguay lived in?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Antoine believes strongly in the power of unity. How does he present this idea, and why? What does he think unity can truly bring about in the world, and is this really possible?

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

Slavery is a strong and controversial idea in this book. How is this controversial idea presented, and what are some of the differing views?

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