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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. What did Jacques do after siesta when he was young?
(a) He did his chores.
(b) He would run outside to play with his friends.
(c) He went to work at the market.
(d) He did his schoolwork.

2. 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.

3. How long had Malan and Jacques been friends?
(a) 20 years.
(b) 5 years.
(c) 10 years.
(d) 40 years.

4. Where did Jacques' mother live?
(a) In a little cottage.
(b) Right near the beach.
(c) In the nursing home.
(d) In the house where he grew up.

5. Where did the husband go to find a doctor?
(a) He didn't go anywhere since he knew there were no doctors around.
(b) He went to a neighboring tribe.
(c) He went to the village they passed on the way to their house.
(d) He went to a neighbor.

Short Answer Questions

1. What token did Lucie receive from the war?

2. How did the man travel?

3. What did Jacques like about Malan?

4. What did the children do in their meeting place?

5. What was Victor Malan's job?

Short Essay Questions

1. What kind of games did Jacques and his friends play?

2. How did Lucie feel about the war her husband died in?

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

4. Who did Jacques live with in Algiers? What was their neighborhood like?

5. How did Henri show his love for Lucie?

6. Why did Jacques feel indebted to Malan?

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

8. What was the journey like on the way to the new house?

9. What did Jacques remember about going to the theater with the family?

10. How did the caretaker help Jacques?

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