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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, The Son or The First Man, Lycee.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Pierre and Jacques pass on the way to school?
(a) A series of shops.
(b) Farms.
(c) The girls' school.
(d) The beach.

2. What did Jacques and Pierre take to get to school?
(a) A trolley.
(b) A taxi.
(c) Bicycles.
(d) A train.

3. How did Jacques feel about going back to Algiers?
(a) He refused to ever go back.
(b) He was filled with happy anxiety.
(c) He embraced the idea of going back with gusto.
(d) He dreaded it.

4. What would Jacques tell his family about the lycee during dinner?
(a) Anecdotes highlighting other students.
(b) His homework
(c) Nothing.
(d) His most interesting teacher of the day.

5. How did they split the fries?
(a) They boy who bought got half, and the rest was split evenly.
(b) They each got an even share.
(c) Each boy got one fry, and the one who bought them got the rest.
(d) They didn't share, and the ones without money had to watch the other boys eat.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Jacques feel about Paris?

2. Who would Jacques take a siesta with when he was younger?

3. What happened after the fight between Ernest and Josephin?

4. Where did he and his friends stop on the way to the field?

5. What were people drawn to in Ernest, including Jacques' grandmother?

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