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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of hospital is Jean staying in?
(a) An Army hospital.
(b) A Naval hospital.
(c) A children's hospital.
(d) An intensive care hospital.

2. What kind of place does Jean's father live in?
(a) Hospital.
(b) House.
(c) Military Barrack.
(d) Apartment.

3. What does Jean think about one particular dream he had before his stroke?
(a) It was foretelling his stroke.
(b) It was a warning to love his family.
(c) It was the image of what he really wanted.
(d) It showed how he would die.

4. What does Jean compare the patients in his corridor to?
(a) The living dead.
(b) Broken winged birds.
(c) Butterflies.
(d) Clean slates.

5. How does Jean describe Sandrine as a person?
(a) A guardian angel.
(b) A motivator.
(c) A true friend.
(d) A maternal figure.

6. What shows Jean the amount of love that the world has for him?
(a) The prayers offered on his behalf.
(b) The amount of visitors he gets.
(c) The news articles.
(d) The gifts and flowers sent.

7. What is the weather like when Jean wakes from his coma?
(a) Warm and humid.
(b) Warm and sunny.
(c) Dry but cold.
(d) Cold and rainy.

8. What is the name of the only literary figure with Locked-In syndrome?
(a) Nollington.
(b) Noiteir.
(c) Neptilate.
(d) Nottingham.

9. What does Brigitte do for Jean every time before she leaves him?
(a) Kisses his forehead.
(b) Gives him a facial massage.
(c) Tickles his feet.
(d) Tells him how proud she is of his progress.

10. How does Jean describe what he wanted to write about his hospital experience?
(a) Dreary.
(b) Hopeful.
(c) Defeating.
(d) Morbid.

11. What day of the week did the author have his stroke?
(a) Monday.
(b) Saturday.
(c) Sunday.
(d) Friday.

12. How does Jean tell his father his progress with Sandrine?
(a) He writes to him.
(b) He calls him.
(c) He sends a video.
(d) He dictates a letter.

13. What two words does Jean use to describe the times when all the patients from his corridor are together?
(a) Horrifying and fascinating.
(b) Hopeful and happy.
(c) Noisy and gruesome.
(d) Awful and wonderful.

14. What would the last lines of his writing about his hospital experience include?
(a) The main character committing suicide.
(b) The main character looking sadly out a window.
(c) The main character dying.
(d) The main character getting up and walking around.

15. What does Jean constantly dream about?
(a) The week before his stroke.
(b) His old office.
(c) His family a year before the stroke.
(d) An affair he had.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the hospital Jean is staying at?

2. How does Jean describe Sandrine's job?

3. What does Jean say is his only true form of escape?

4. What does Jean do when visitors do not care to learn his code?

5. How does Jean use the recipe his friend sends him while he is in the hospital?

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