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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Search for the Father, The Child's Games.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What part of the cemetery did the traveler specifically go to?
(a) The section for the homeless.
(b) The section for the unsaved souls.
(c) The section for those who died in the war or 1914.
(d) The section for the elitists.

2. What message did he give Jacques?
(a) Stay away from marriage.
(b) Education is more important than anything on Earth.
(c) We never really know people even when we think we know them.
(d) There is no relationship better than that between a father and son.

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

4. How did Jacques' discovery about his father change his feelings toward him?
(a) His hero-worship turned to disdain.
(b) It helped him understand the man more.
(c) He felt compassion for the man instead of ambivalence.
(d) He suddenly regretted that he never really knew his father.

5. What is one of Malan's faults according to Jacques?
(a) He it thrifty.
(b) He eats too much.
(c) He doesn't realize others aren't as smart as he is.
(d) He is too arrogant.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Malan look like?

2. Where did the husband go to find a doctor?

3. What handicap did Lucie have?

4. Why did he like his small town?

5. How did the man react to all the waiting he had to do in his travels?

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