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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What message did he give Jacques?
(a) Stay away from marriage.
(b) We never really know people even when we think we know them.
(c) There is no relationship better than that between a father and son.
(d) Education is more important than anything on Earth.

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

3. What was the weather like as Lucie and her husband traveled to their new home?
(a) A tornado was chasing them.
(b) It was starting to snow.
(c) It was a beautiful day.
(d) It was raining.

4. Whose grave was the traveler looking for?
(a) Lucie Cormery.
(b) The Arab.
(c) Henri Cormery.
(d) Jacques Cormery.

5. Where was Henri's family from?
(a) France.
(b) Algeria.
(c) Italy.
(d) Spain.

6. What year did Lucie say she was born?
(a) 1892.
(b) 1902.
(c) She didn't know when she was born.
(d) 1885.

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

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

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

10. Who was the traveler?
(a) Henri.
(b) Jacques.
(c) The Arab.
(d) Lucie.

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

12. Why didn't Jacques' grandmother want him to play soccer?
(a) It ruined his boots.
(b) She didn't like the children he was playing with.
(c) She thought he should be working.
(d) She thought he should be studying.

13. What year did the husband and wife move from Algiers?
(a) 1953
(b) 1902
(c) 1913
(d) 1883

14. Why did the women laugh when the doctor arrived?
(a) The baby was already born.
(b) They thought he was a fool.
(c) He looked like a drowned rat.
(d) He was joking with them.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Jacques feel about his father?

2. What does Malan laugh with Jacques about?

3. What token did Lucie receive from the war?

4. What is one of Malan's faults according to Jacques?

5. What did they name the child?

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