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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. What did Jean first see when he woke from his coma?
(a) His daughter.
(b) A doctor.
(c) A tall man in a suit.
(d) A nurse.

2. Who does Jean compare himself to in literature?
(a) Robin Hood.
(b) Noirtier.
(c) Sherlock Holmes.
(d) Pip.

3. How did Sandrine best help Jean?
(a) She made the blinking code.
(b) She creates a letter chain for him.
(c) She helped him find a way to escape.
(d) She helps him be able to move his mouth.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of place does Jean's father live in?

2. What month of the year did the author have his stroke?

3. What does Jean first want to write about his time in the hospital?

4. What kind of creature does Jean compare himself to?

5. What are the people who crowd into Jean's room wearing?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Sandrine help Jean to do, and how do the other staff at the hospital respond to this?

2. How does Jean communicate his fluctuating emotions?

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

4. What does Jean imagine Eugenie doing?

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

6. What does Brigitte do for Jean at the end of each visit?

7. What happened to Jean on December 6th?

8. How does Jean communicate with people who come to visit him?

9. Who is Eugenie?

10. What does Jean do to sate his appetite for real food?

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