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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 was the name of Jean's best childhood friend?
(a) Pierre.
(b) Robert.
(c) Stanley.
(d) Olivier.

2. What wakes up Jean on his "lucky" day?
(a) The sun.
(b) A moan of another patient.
(c) A cate meowing.
(d) His feeding machine.

3. How does Jean describe the item he buys for the woman he takes on a trip with him?
(a) Annoying.
(b) Beautiful.
(c) Touristy.
(d) Gaudy.

4. What is the name of the person Jean once took to the place he is told to take a pilgrimage to?
(a) Josephine.
(b) Jennifer.
(c) Joanna.
(d) Joselyn.

5. How old is Jean's son?
(a) 11.
(b) 8.
(c) 9.
(d) 10.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Jean describe the passing years?

2. Who gives Jean what he needs to help him sleep?

3. What ceases to be as comforting to Jean a year after his stroke?

4. What is Jean's favorite smell at the promenade by the beach?

5. What does Jean say he felt like on the way to the hospital?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Jean's favorite thing to do when taken to the beach by friends?

2. What did Jean do when he started feeling sick in the car on the night of his stroke?

3. What does Jean think his day at the racetrack represents?

4. What causes Jean to see that he needs to break up with Josephine?

5. How does Jean think he will die?

6. Why does Jean feel he does not belong at the hospital?

7. What does Jean plan to do to keep in touch with his friends?

8. What does Jean think about after his trip to the beach with his family?

9. What does Jean think about as Claude reads Jean the book he has been writing?

10. Why is Jean not interested in learning why he had his stroke?

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