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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Search for the Father, Mondovi: The Settlement and the Father.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How were the children in the theater kept in line?
(a) With a whip
(b) They were kicked out if they were noisy.
(c) They had to stand in a corner if they didn't behave.
(d) They were bribed with candy.

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

4. How did Lucie and her husband travel on the last stage of their trip to their new home?
(a) Car
(b) Wagon
(c) Train
(d) Boat

5. Why was Lucie afraid?
(a) Two bombs had exploded in her area that week.
(b) She didn't want to die.
(c) She was worried that she wouldn't have money to survive.
(d) She had nightmares about her husband's death when she slept.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Malan?

2. What was the population like around their new home?

3. How were Jacques and his father similar?

4. What part of the cemetery did the traveler specifically go to?

5. How did Jacques feel about siestas?

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