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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. Who is the first person Sandrine calls when Jean makes significant improvement?
(a) Jean's father.
(b) Jean's mother.
(c) Jean's sister.
(d) Jean's daughter.

2. How many orderlies are needed to dress Jean after his coma?
(a) 2.
(b) 3.
(c) 5.
(d) 4.

3. How does Jean communicate his emotions?
(a) He shakes or nods his head.
(b) He winks his eyes once or twice.
(c) He smiles and frowns slightly.
(d) He makes high and low sounds.

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

5. Where do patients in the hospital tend to get lost?
(a) The garden.
(b) The hallway.
(c) The caffeteria.
(d) The recreation room.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Jean first see when he woke from his coma?

2. Where is Jean put after he is dressed by the orderlies?

3. How many other patients like Jean are there at his hospital?

4. How will Jean need to be fed after losing too much weight?

5. What two words does Jean use to describe the times when all the patients from his corridor are together?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Jean feel about the amount of prayers offered in his behalf?

2. Where does Jean usually see all the other patients from his corridor, and how does he feel about those moments?

3. What kind of creature does Jean compare himself to and why?

4. Where has the author spent much of his last year when the book begins?

5. What does Jean picture the only literary figure with Locked-In syndrome to do?

6. What does a friend of Jean's do to help him when he starts missing his favorite foods?

7. What did Jean's feeding test show?

8. What is happening when Jean awakes from his coma?

9. What major accomplishment does Jean do with Sandrine's help, and who is notified about this?

10. What does Jean prefer to wear while in the hospital and why?

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