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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why was the wife in pain as they traveled?
(a) She suffered from migraines.
(b) She had a broken leg.
(c) She was in labor.
(d) She had a bad back.

2. What did the boys fill their pockets with?
(a) Candy.
(b) Garbage.
(c) Stones.
(d) Fruit.

3. What did Lucie do with the letter announcing her husband's death?
(a) She put it in her pocket since she couldn't read.
(b) She burned it.
(c) She read it then put it in the family album.
(d) She tore it up.

4. How did Jacques' grandmother respond to his escapades?
(a) She sent him to his room.
(b) She laughed at them.
(c) She whipped him.
(d) She wanted to join him next time.

5. Why did Malan help Jacques at the beginning of their friendship?
(a) He pitied Jacques.
(b) He felt that Jacques was gifted.
(c) He felt like a father to Jacques.
(d) He felt like Jacques was his mirror image.

6. Why was Lucie afraid?
(a) She was worried that she wouldn't have money to survive.
(b) She didn't want to die.
(c) Two bombs had exploded in her area that week.
(d) She had nightmares about her husband's death when she slept.

7. What was the population like around their new home?
(a) There weren't many people.
(b) There were a few people, but the people shunned them.
(c) It was a city.
(d) It was a friendly neighborhood where families stayed outside in the evenings to talk.

8. What was the husband's new job?
(a) He was the owner of the Saint-Apotre property.
(b) He was manager at the Saint-Apotre property.
(c) He was the smithy at the Saint-Apotre property.
(d) He was the veterinarian at the Saint-Apotre property.

9. How did the husband respond when the doctor asked if he had other children?
(a) He started crying.
(b) He said he had a four-year-old boy in Algiers with his mother-in-law.
(c) He said he had no other children.
(d) He asked why the doctor needed to know.

10. What was Jacques' job at the theater?
(a) He read the captions to his grandmother.
(b) He ran and got the snacks for his family.
(c) He helped seat everyone.
(d) He was in charge of telling the family when the film was about to begin.

11. Why didn't Jacques' grandmother want him to play soccer?
(a) She thought he should be studying.
(b) She thought he should be working.
(c) She didn't like the children he was playing with.
(d) It ruined his boots.

12. What is one of Malan's faults according to Jacques?
(a) He eats too much.
(b) He doesn't realize others aren't as smart as he is.
(c) He is too arrogant.
(d) He it thrifty.

13. How did the man react to those traveling near him?
(a) He tried to talk with everyone.
(b) He mentally made up stories about each one them.
(c) He pulled out a magazine and kept to himself.
(d) He stayed as far away from them as possible.

14. Why did Malan ask for forgiveness?
(a) Sometimes he doesn't know how to respond to caring.
(b) He is a bitter man.
(c) Sometimes he cares too much.
(d) He doesn't understand what Jacques is going through.

15. Who was standing in the corridor of the Saint-Brieuc train 40 years after Henri and Lucie had their child?
(a) A priest.
(b) The Arab.
(c) A man.
(d) A soldier.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did they split the fries?

2. What instrument did Jacques do best with?

3. How did the wife respond to her pain.

4. How old is Malan?

5. How did Jacques' discovery about his father change his feelings toward him?

(see the answer keys)

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