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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 start doing when he is on his way to pick up his son?

2. What is Jean doing while the woman he took on a trip writes a note to him?

3. What ceases to be as comforting to Jean a year after his stroke?

4. What does Jean say after buying something for the woman he took on a trip to the place people say he should take a pilgrimage to?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Jean think his day at the racetrack represents?

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

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

4. What is Jean's favorite thing to do when taken to the beach by friends?

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

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

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

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

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

10. What is wrong with Jean's hearing?

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

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?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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