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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Jacques feel about his father?
(a) He didn't feel much of anything since he never really knew him.
(b) He resented his father's leaving.
(c) He respected his father.
(d) He considered his father to be his hero.

2. According to Jacques' grandmother, what illness did Lucie have when she was young?
(a) The flu.
(b) Typhoid.
(c) Pneumonia.
(d) Chicken pox.

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

4. What couldn't Jacques control?
(a) His desire for candy.
(b) His violent temper.
(c) His fear of water.
(d) His body as he tried to play games.

5. Where did the husband go to find a doctor?
(a) He went to a neighboring tribe.
(b) He went to the village they passed on the way to their house.
(c) He didn't go anywhere since he knew there were no doctors around.
(d) He went to a neighbor.

6. Where would all the children gather?
(a) In the cellar.
(b) At the fountain.
(c) On the beach.
(d) In the field.

7. Who had the most influence in Jacques' childhood?
(a) His mother.
(b) His brother.
(c) His grandmother.
(d) His father.

8. What did Lucie think of the political situation when her husband went off to war?
(a) She had been following the politically strategies closely and agreed that her husband he to go.
(b) She wanted to leave the country.
(c) She didn't know what was going on.
(d) She understood why they needed to fight.

9. What disability did Jacques's uncle have?
(a) He was half mute.
(b) He was deaf.
(c) He was a mute.
(d) He was blind.

10. What was the sea like?
(a) Gentle yet cold.
(b) Treacherous and cold.
(c) Gentle and warm.
(d) Treacherous yet warm.

11. How did the man surprise the chambermaid at the hotel?
(a) He passed out in the hallway.
(b) He gave her flowers.
(c) He was irrational.
(d) He gave her a tip even though he wouldn't let her carry his bag.

12. What does Malan think about Henri's early death?
(a) He thinks that's what one deserves when he goes off to war.
(b) He thinks he was spared suffering.
(c) He thinks it's tragic.
(d) He is sad when thinking about the joys in life that Henri missed.

13. Where did the traveler walk to when he left his hotel?
(a) The cemetery.
(b) The park.
(c) The movie theater.
(d) The grocery store.

14. How did Jacques' mother seem as she gazed out the window?
(a) Content.
(b) Happy.
(c) Melancholy.
(d) Anxious.

15. What did Jacques like about Malan?
(a) He was super intelligent.
(b) He did his own thing.
(c) He could do any type of job necessary.
(d) He really reached out and cared for others.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jacques think about Henri's early death?

2. Where did the boys sneak away to in the summer?

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

4. Who was the traveler?

5. How did Jacques feel about going back to Algiers?

(see the answer keys)

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