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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's daughter do every night that brings joy to his heart?

2. What does Jean say he prefers to do on his own clothes?

3. What showed Jean the extent of his disabilities?

4. How does Jean describe Sandrine's job?

5. How does Jean write his book?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Eugenie?

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

3. How does Jean communicate his fluctuating emotions?

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

5. What happens when Jean wakes up from his coma?

6. What does Jean imagine Eugenie doing?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Friendship is a central theme of this book. What are the main friendships, and how did their inclusion in this book affect Jean's life while in the hospital?

Essay Topic 2

How did Jean's life before his stroke differ from his life after his stroke?

Essay Topic 3

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

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