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

3. How did Jacques feel about going back to Algiers?
(a) He dreaded it.
(b) He was filled with happy anxiety.
(c) He embraced the idea of going back with gusto.
(d) He refused to ever go back.

4. What did Jacques have to write down to describe his mother's work?
(a) Stay-at-home mom.
(b) Postal employee.
(c) Caterer.
(d) Domestic.

5. What did Jacques help Michel with?
(a) Moving furniture.
(b) The horses.
(c) The shopping.
(d) Dinner.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the sea like?

2. What would Jacques tell his family about the lycee during dinner?

3. What was Josephin's relationship to Ernest?

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

5. How did Jacques feel about Paris?

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