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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. How did Tamzal feel about war?

2. What did Jacques ask Veillard about?

3. What type of book mostly appealed to Jacques?

4. Who did Jacques walk to school with?

5. What disability did Ernest have?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the grandmother's response to his task, and how Jacques feels about it.

2. How does Jacques feel about his summer work?

3. What was Ernest's relationship like with his sister?

4. What does Jacques do on Thursdays?

5. Why did Jacques like M. Bernard so much?

6. How did M. Bernard feel about the children of war victims?

7. What did Jacques feel about Ernest?

8. Explain what the lycee is and why it was a privilege to go there.

9. Why did the French come to Algeria, and what did they find?

10. What does Jacques realize about his father?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

When Jacques attends the lycee, he realizes how different his life is from the other students. Describe in detail at least three different ways that he is different and how he reacts to this difference. Be sure to include his reaction to his mother's work.

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 how Henri felt about fighting and warfare. What did Jacques learn about his father from the war stories told to him by his teacher?

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