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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 month does Jean write about the day of the week he hates?

2. What does the woman Jean takes on a trip say in a note she leaves him?

3. When do Jean's ears give him the most trouble?

4. What is Jean's favorite season?

5. What time ends visiting hours at the hospital?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where do friends of Jean think he should take a pilgrimage to?

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

3. What does Jean do when he goes to the beach with his family?

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

5. What condition is Jean grateful not to have and why?

6. What makes Jean depressed when he thinks about his former job and co-workers?

7. What does Jean think about as he is taken to the hospital on the night of his stroke?

8. What day of the week does Jean dread the most, and why?

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

10. Who is Olivier, and what was he good at?

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

Maturity is a theme presented in a number of places in this story, and is manifested in a number of different ways. Choose a few of these instances and compare and contrast them. How are they different in their manifestations of this sensitive theme?

Essay Topic 3

Dealing with disabilities is an important theme in this book. How does Jean display this theme, and how does this affect the people in his family?

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