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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 does Jacques think about Henri's early death?
(a) He thinks it's tragic.
(b) He is sad when thinking about the joys in life that Henri missed.
(c) He thinks that's what one deserves when he goes off to war.
(d) He thinks he was spared suffering.

2. Why was Lucie afraid?
(a) Two bombs had exploded in her area that week.
(b) She had nightmares about her husband's death when she slept.
(c) She was worried that she wouldn't have money to survive.
(d) She didn't want to die.

3. How did Jacques' mother seem as she gazed out the window?
(a) Happy.
(b) Melancholy.
(c) Anxious.
(d) Content.

4. What did Malan look like?
(a) An Arab.
(b) The stereotypical Frenchman.
(c) A troubadour.
(d) A Chinese man.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Malan think about Henri's early death?

2. How did Jacques feel when the evening came?

3. According to Jacques' grandmother, what illness did Lucie have when she was young?

4. Who was standing in the corridor of the Saint-Brieuc train 40 years after Henri and Lucie had their child?

5. Why did Malan ask for forgiveness?

(see the answer key)

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