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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Search for the Father, School.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Victor Malan's job?
(a) Customs administration.
(b) Tailor.
(c) Teacher.
(d) Caretaker.

2. Who was standing in the corridor of the Saint-Brieuc train 40 years after Henri and Lucie had their child?
(a) A man.
(b) A priest.
(c) A soldier.
(d) The Arab.

3. How did the man react to all the waiting he had to do in his travels?
(a) He demanded to talk with the manager.
(b) He was patient.
(c) He became depressed.
(d) It made him angry, and he started yelling at the others in line.

4. Why was it difficult for Catherine to understand the films?
(a) She couldn't hear.
(b) She was distracted by the children around her.
(c) The actor's vocabulary was too advanced for her.
(d) She was illiterate.

5. Why did Malan help Jacques at the beginning of their friendship?
(a) He felt like Jacques was his mirror image.
(b) He felt that Jacques was gifted.
(c) He pitied Jacques.
(d) He felt like a father to Jacques.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Jacques' mother seem as she gazed out the window?

2. What happened when Jacques told his mother and grandmother that he had a chance at getting a higher education?

3. How did the man surprise the chambermaid at the hotel?

4. How did Jacques feel when the evening came?

5. How did the man react to those traveling near him?

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