View a FREE sample

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. How did the husband respond when the doctor asked if he had other children?
(a) He asked why the doctor needed to know.
(b) He said he had no other children.
(c) He said he had a four-year-old boy in Algiers with his mother-in-law.
(d) He started crying.

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

3. How did the wife respond to her pain.
(a) She ignored it.
(b) She wouldn't stop complaining.
(c) She tried not to show it.
(d) She screamed.

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

5. What was the mattress in the new house like?
(a) It was filthy and covered with mold.
(b) It was brand new.
(c) It smelled like damp hair.
(d) It was very comfortable.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did they name the child?

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

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

4. What was the weather like as Lucie and her husband traveled to their new home?

5. How did Jacques feel when the evening came?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 336 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample