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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, The Chicken Coop and Cutting the Hen's Throat.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did the boys sneak away to in the summer?
(a) The beach.
(b) The stables.
(c) The market.
(d) The ball field.

2. What token did Lucie receive from the war?
(a) A medal.
(b) A shell fragment from her husband's skull.
(c) Her husband's boots.
(d) Her husband's uniform.

3. How did Jacques feel about the light?
(a) It glared harshly on their poverty.
(b) He felt it disguised the true darkness around him.
(c) It was a waste of money.
(d) It made his heart grow lighter.

4. Where did he and his friends stop on the way to the field?
(a) The post office.
(b) The waterspout.
(c) The market.
(d) The candy store.

5. What did Jacques dread each day when he went home from the lycee?
(a) Dinner.
(b) Death and the unknown.
(c) The silence in the house.
(d) His grandmother's beatings.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the house look like when the husband and doctor arrived?

2. How did Jacques' discovery about his father change his feelings toward him?

3. What did Jacques say happened to the coin?

4. How did Jacques feel about being on a boat?

5. What pastime did Ernest thoroughly enjoy?

(see the answer key)

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