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Albert Camus
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What does Meursault do on the bus ride to Marengo?
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About what does the director reassure Meursault?
Taking the bus back to Algiers
Taking time off work
Sending his mother to an old persons' home
Feeling indifferent
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How does Meursault spend the night?
Sleeping
Keeping vigil over his mother's body
Chatting idly with the director
Crying with his mother's fiancé
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What happens when the director asks Meursault if he wants to see his mother one last time?
Meursault falls asleep.
Meursault declines the offer.
Meursault fights with Thomas Perez.
Meursault thinks, "There was no way out."
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How does Meursault feel as he rides home from the funeral?
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