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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old was Jean's daughter when he had his stroke?
(a) 10.
(b) 8.
(c) 9.
(d) 7.

2. What kind of corridor does Jean say his room is in?
(a) A busy intersection.
(b) A dead end.
(c) A hidden corner.
(d) A central hub.

3. What does Jean think about one particular dream he had before his stroke?
(a) It was foretelling his stroke.
(b) It was a warning to love his family.
(c) It showed how he would die.
(d) It was the image of what he really wanted.

4. What does Jean say he prefers to do on his own clothes?
(a) Drool.
(b) Vomit.
(c) Spill.
(d) Die.

5. What did Jean first see when he woke from his coma?
(a) A doctor.
(b) A nurse.
(c) A tall man in a suit.
(d) His daughter.

6. What is Sandrine's occupation?
(a) Speech therapist.
(b) Physical rehabilitationist.
(c) Psychologist.
(d) Massage therapist.

7. Where do patients in the hospital tend to get lost?
(a) The recreation room.
(b) The garden.
(c) The caffeteria.
(d) The hallway.

8. How did Sandrine best help Jean?
(a) She made the blinking code.
(b) She helped him find a way to escape.
(c) She creates a letter chain for him.
(d) She helps him be able to move his mouth.

9. How will Jean need to be fed after losing too much weight?
(a) With an all liquid diet.
(b) Through a tube.
(c) Through vitamin pills.
(d) With vomit reducers.

10. What are the people who crowd into Jean's room wearing?
(a) Blue hats.
(b) Black boots.
(c) White coats.
(d) Camo gear.

11. When did Jean imagine Eugenie talking to him?
(a) When he was alone in his room.
(b) In his dreams.
(c) When he saw the stained glass window.
(d) When he read a book about her.

12. Why does Jean think he keeps dreaming about the same things?
(a) His coma locked them in.
(b) He remembers little else.
(c) He is dperessed.
(d) He wonders if he could have changed things.

13. Who does Jean compare himself to in literature?
(a) Sherlock Holmes.
(b) Noirtier.
(c) Robin Hood.
(d) Pip.

14. What kind of patients does Jean's hospital take care of now?
(a) Special needs patients.
(b) Children.
(c) Terminal cases.
(d) General care patients.

15. How much weight did Jean lose in 20 weeks?
(a) 66 pounds.
(b) 55 pounds.
(c) 77 pounds.
(d) 44 pounds.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long has the author been confined to bed when the book begins?

2. What does Jean say he feels like he is trapped in?

3. What condition was Jean in after his coma?

4. What day of the week did the author have his stroke?

5. What would the last lines of his writing about his hospital experience include?

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