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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 is the name of the woman Jean kissed before testing the new car?

2. How does Jean describe the passing years?

3. Who did Jean first hate when he woke from his coma?

4. What does Jean start doing when he is on his way to pick up his son?

5. Who wheels Jean down the hall on a holiday?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Jean plan to do with the letters he receives from his friends and family?

2. What is Jean's favorite thing to listen to when he is alone?

3. What causes Jean to see that he needs to break up with Josephine?

4. What makes Jean's lucky day so funny to him?

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

6. What does Jean plan to do to keep in touch with his friends?

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

8. What does Jean think about as the Summer season comes?

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

10. What did Jean do while in Hong Kong?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Who is Empress Eugenie, and how does she affect Jean during his first months after waking up from his coma?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Despair is an emotion that affects a number of the people in this book. Which people are most affected by despair, and how does this change the lives of those people?

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