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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 long has the author been confined to bed when the book begins?

2. What does Jean do when visitors do not care to learn his code?

3. What would the last lines of his writing about his hospital experience include?

4. What kind of corridor does Jean say his room is in?

5. Why was Eugenie interested in the hospital Jean was staying at?

Short Essay Questions

1. What major accomplishment does Jean do with Sandrine's help, and who is notified about this?

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

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

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

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

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

7. What did Jean's feeding test show?

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

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

10. What happened to Jean on December 6th?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Training and education are topics of discussion in this book. Where do these topics appear in this book, and what effect do they have on the people involved in those scenes?

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

What are some of the ways Jean is able to cope with his immobility, boredom, and loneliness, and what does this indicate about his personality?

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