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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, The Son or The First Man, Lycee.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What disability did Ernest have?
(a) He had heart problems.
(b) He was missing an arm.
(c) He was completely deaf.
(d) He was blind.

2. What type of relationship did students have with teachers at the lycee?
(a) The teachers were aloof and had no respect for the students.
(b) They weren't close, but there was respect.
(c) They almost had a parent/child relationship.
(d) They students silently resented the teachers.

3. What happened to Jacques at the cooperage?
(a) His finger was crushed.
(b) He was robbed.
(c) He fell into the fire.
(d) He was offered a full-time job.

4. How did Jacques' grandmother respond to his escapades?
(a) She wanted to join him next time.
(b) She whipped him.
(c) She laughed at them.
(d) She sent him to his room.

5. What set Jacques apart from his schoolmates?
(a) His brilliance.
(b) His family traditions and values.
(c) His sense of humor.
(d) His poverty.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Jacques do after siesta when he was young?

2. What did Pierre and Jacques treat themselves with when they had extra money?

3. What did Jacques help Michel with?

4. How did Max gain his popularity?

5. What did people think about Ernest?

(see the answer key)

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