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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why was the wife in pain as they traveled?
(a) She had a broken leg.
(b) She had a bad back.
(c) She was in labor.
(d) She suffered from migraines.

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

3. How would Jacques learn more about his father?
(a) He would have to research the man on his own.
(b) From his grandmother.
(c) From his uncle.
(d) From his mother.

4. How did the man react to those traveling near him?
(a) He tried to talk with everyone.
(b) He stayed as far away from them as possible.
(c) He pulled out a magazine and kept to himself.
(d) He mentally made up stories about each one them.

5. 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) It made him angry, and he started yelling at the others in line.
(d) He became depressed.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Jacques realize about his father?

2. How were Jacques and his father similar?

3. Why did Jacques go to visit his father?

4. How did the man travel?

5. What happened when the husband knocked on the door at the doctor's house?

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