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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. What does Jean compare his life at the hospital to?

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

3. What calms Jean down the most?

4. What kind of patients does Jean's hospital take care of now?

5. What homage to Eugenie was placed at the hospital that Jean is staying at?

Short Essay Questions

1. What causes Jean discomfort, and how is this discomfort relieved?

2. What did Jean's feeding test show?

3. How would Jean end the play he wanted to write about his hospital experience?

4. What exhilarates Jean during his time at the hospital?

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

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

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

8. What happened to Jean on December 6th?

9. Why does Jean think he dreams about certain things repeatedly while in the hospital?

10. Who is Eugenie?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What significance did the title of the book have on Jean's life while he was healing?

Essay Topic 2

Jean is forced to sacrifice much in order to live his life after his stroke. What are some of these sacrifices and how do they affect the other people around him? Are these sacrifices worth the reward? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

How do Jean's feelings about and relationship with his caretakers at the hospital change over the course of this narrative?

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