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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. What was Jacques like with his mother?
(a) It was a polite yet distant relationship.
(b) They loved each other very much.
(c) They refused to see each other.
(d) It was a strained relationship.

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

3. Why was it difficult for Catherine to understand the films?
(a) The actor's vocabulary was too advanced for her.
(b) She couldn't hear.
(c) She was illiterate.
(d) She was distracted by the children around her.

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

5. What did the grandmother think of Lucie's haircut?
(a) She loved it, but thought it was too modern for her taste.
(b) She wanted to get her own hair cut like that, too.
(c) She didn't like it but accepted it.
(d) She told Lucie she looked like a whore.

Short Answer Questions

1. How was the outside in comparison to the hallway?

2. Why does Jacques say he's different around Malan?

3. How did Lucie and her husband travel on the last stage of their trip to their new home?

4. What did the boys fill their pockets with?

5. What did the farmer do?

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