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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What memories are fading for Jean while he is in the hospital?
(a) His abilities to read and write.
(b) The memories of his life before he was sick.
(c) His memories of his wife and children.
(d) His childhood memories.

2. How many friends does Jean take down to the beach?
(a) 2.
(b) 3.
(c) 4.
(d) 5.

3. What does Jean's daughter do to entertain her father?
(a) Reads.
(b) Sings and dances.
(c) Writes poems.
(d) Draws pictures in the sand.

4. What does Jean like to listen to most?
(a) Pages of a book turning.
(b) His thoughts.
(c) Birds chirping.
(d) Music.

5. Who did Jean first hate when he woke from his coma?
(a) The nurses.
(b) The orderlies.
(c) The doctors.
(d) All of these.

6. What was Jean infatuated with when he was at the place people want him to take a pilgrimage to?
(a) A book.
(b) A painting.
(c) A magazine.
(d) His mistress.

7. What confuses Jean about the outside world?
(a) How much people age.
(b) How fast life moves.
(c) How the seasons change.
(d) How little changes.

8. Who gives Jean what he needs to help him sleep?
(a) The orderly.
(b) The evening doctor.
(c) The night nurse.
(d) His wife.

9. What is Mirtha Grandchamp?
(a) A restaurant at the beach.
(b) A racing horse.
(c) A bus line.
(d) An owner of a souveiner shop at the beach.

10. What does Mithra Grandchamp represent to Jean?
(a) Missed opportunities.
(b) Hopeful future.
(c) A life of regrets.
(d) The outside world.

11. What condition is Jean grateful to not have?
(a) Blindness.
(b) Dementia.
(c) Epilepsy.
(d) Paralysis.

12. What time ends visiting hours at the hospital?
(a) 6:00 pm.
(b) 5:00 pm.
(c) 7:00 pm.
(d) 8:00 pm.

13. Who does Jean want to continue admiring his picture in Hong Kong?
(a) Women in mini skirts.
(b) Drunk men.
(c) Business people.
(d) Tourists.

14. What was Jean supposed to do with his son when he had his stroke?
(a) Go to a play.
(b) Have dinner together.
(c) Go shopping.
(d) Visit a museum.

15. What is Jean's favorite smell at the promenade by the beach?
(a) Steak.
(b) Wet sand.
(c) Sun screen.
(d) French Fries.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Jean's best childhood friend really good at?

2. What is the name of the woman Jean kissed before testing the new car?

3. What kind of car was Jean testing?

4. What does Jean wish he could write?

5. Who does Jean not want the reader to tell about his condition?

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