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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much weight did Jean lose in 20 weeks?

2. Where does Jean feel the most trapped?

3. What does Jean say is his only true form of escape?

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

5. What kind of hospital is Jean staying in?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Jean communicate his fluctuating emotions?

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

4. Where do patients in the hospital get lost, and how does Jean feel when he gets lost?

5. What did Jean's feeding test show?

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

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

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

9. What does Jean dream a lot about while in the hospital?

10. What does Jean imagine Eugenie doing?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What are some of the things Jean compares the patients in his hospital to and why?

Essay Topic 2

Symbolism is a very prevalent literary device used by Jean. What are some of these symbols, and how does their presence affect the feeling of the book?

Essay Topic 3

Literature is very important to Jean during his healing process. How does Jean use literature to help him heal, and why is it so important to him?

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