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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. What did the house look like when the husband and doctor arrived?
(a) The fire had gone out, and looked stark.
(b) It was full of organized birthing activity.
(c) It was empty.
(d) It looked disorderly.

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

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

4. What was the population like around their new home?
(a) There weren't many people.
(b) It was a friendly neighborhood where families stayed outside in the evenings to talk.
(c) There were a few people, but the people shunned them.
(d) It was a city.

5. How did the husband respond to the wife?
(a) He ignored.
(b) He yelled at her angrily.
(c) He told her to stop her whining.
(d) He was concerned about her.

Short Answer Questions

1. What aura did the man emanate?

2. What did Jacques realize about his father?

3. Why was the wife in pain as they traveled?

4. How would Jacques learn more about his father?

5. Why did Jacques go to visit his father?

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