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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 Mirtha Grandchamp?

2. What did Jean feel on his first trip to Paris?

3. What did Jean get soaked in on his lucky day?

4. Why does Jean dread one day of the week?

5. What caused Jean to get soaked on his lucky day?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Jean ask of the reader after telling about his time in Hong Kong?

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

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

4. What is wrong with Jean's hearing?

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

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

7. What did Jean do while in Hong Kong?

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

9. Why is Jean not interested in learning why he had his stroke?

10. How does Jean think he will die?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

How do Jean's feelings about and relationship with his caretakers at the hospital change over the course of this narrative?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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