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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. Jude's very first home was in what type of location?
(a) A warehouse.
(b) A group home.
(c) A monastery.
(d) An orphanage.

2. For what type of creature does Jude search in the creek?
(a) Termites.
(b) Frogs.
(c) Leeches.
(d) Tadpoles.

3. On whose advice had Jude applied for college?
(a) His mother's.
(b) His father's.
(c) Ana's.
(d) Hemming's.

4. What nationality is JB?
(a) Haitian.
(b) Jamaican.
(c) Prussian.
(d) French-Canadian.

5. What behavior did Jude begin to exhibit after he began to be sexually molested by a priest from whom he had stolen a lighter?
(a) He flew into rages.
(b) He started to plan his escape.
(c) He started to sleep all day and all night.
(d) He had periods of catatonia.

Short Answer Questions

1. While Willem asserts that his parents had been "efficient and competent with Hemming," (53) but had not shown Hemming much of which emotion?

2. Who is Ana?

3. For what reason are the lease applicants turned down in the opening scene?

4. Felix confides in Jude one day that he feels what emotion much of the time?

5. What object did Brother Luke give to Jude on his fifth birthday?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Willem say in the opening scene when he is asked about his parents and why is it significant?

2. In what way are the themes of secrecy and control depicted in Part II: The Postman?

3. In what ways does Jude feel out-of-step with the rest of his peers' experiences?

4. What two elements of Willem's life in Wyoming does he miss?

5. How does the theme of deception enter the narrative within the friendship between Willem and Jude?

6. What do the coupons in the novel symbolize?

7. What impetus prompts Malcolm to come out to his parents?

8. In what way is the theme of isolation depicted within Chapter 1 of Part II: The Postman?

9. What happens to necessitate the use of the fire escape?

10. How does the theme of regret appear within A Little Life?

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