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

2. When do Jean's ears give him the most trouble?
(a) When he has more than one visitor.
(b) When his door is left open.
(c) When his daughter sings high pitches.
(d) When there are birds outside his window.

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

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

5. What is Jean's favorite season?
(a) Winter.
(b) Spring.
(c) Fall.
(d) Summer.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What confuses Jean about the outside world?

3. How late is Jean in picking up his son in the car he was testing?

4. What does Jean watch out his window after spending a holiday with his family outside of the hospital?

5. What wakes up Jean on his "lucky" day?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Jean think he will die?

2. What does Jean ask of the reader after telling about his time in Hong Kong?

3. What does the wax museum symbolize to Jean?

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

5. What do Jean's efforts to keep in touch with his friends cause?

6. What condition is Jean grateful not to have and why?

7. What makes Jean depressed when he thinks about his former job and co-workers?

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

9. What did Jean do most of the time while he was on his trip with Josephine?

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

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