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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. What year did Lucie say she was born?
(a) 1892.
(b) 1902.
(c) She didn't know when she was born.
(d) 1885.

3. Where did he and his friends stop on the way to the field?
(a) The post office.
(b) The candy store.
(c) The waterspout.
(d) The market.

4. What did the house look like when the husband and doctor arrived?
(a) The fire had gone out, and looked stark.
(b) It was full of organized birthing activity.
(c) It was empty.
(d) It looked disorderly.

5. What did the children do in their meeting place?
(a) They talked about their future.
(b) They made plans for mischief.
(c) They created gaming strategies.
(d) They shared candy and made forts.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did the Arab go to find?

2. How did they split the fries?

3. What did Jacques realize about his father?

4. How did the man react to all the waiting he had to do in his travels?

5. Why was the wife in pain as they traveled?

Short Essay Questions

1. What were their first impressions of their new home and homeland?

2. What did Jacques realize about his father's age, and how did he react to this knowledge?

3. How did Jacques feel about naps?

4. How did Jacques perceive the relationship between his mother and father?

5. What did the way Jacques demonstrate about his personality?

6. How did the caretaker help Jacques?

7. What kind of town did Victor Malan live in?

8. How did Malan feel about his wife?

9. What were Jacques' friends like?

10. How did Lucie react to the situation she was in?

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