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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was standing in the corridor of the Saint-Brieuc train 40 years after Henri and Lucie had their child?

2. Who had the most influence in Jacques' childhood?

3. How did the man travel?

4. What handicap did Lucie have?

5. What did the boys fill their pockets with?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Jacques feel about Malan?

2. How did Malan feel about his wife?

3. What were Jacques' friends like?

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

5. Explain where Jacques' father was buried and why.

6. How did Jacques and his mother greet each other? How did Lucie prepare for him?

7. How did Jacques feel about naps?

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

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

10. Why does Jacques get in trouble when he goes home, and what was his punishment? How does his mother react to the punishment?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe what Jacques discovered when he went back to the town of his birth. What was the political situation? What did he learn about his father? How did the visit change him?

Essay Topic 2

Describe how Lucie and Henri related to the locals, and how the locals treated them in return. Use examples from the story to show their acceptance or antagonism towards each other.

Essay Topic 3

Describe what happened when Lucie became interested in a relationship. How did she change herself physically and mentally? How did her family react?

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