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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did the man travel?
(a) Third Class.
(b) Alone.
(c) Second Class.
(d) First Class.

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

3. How did Max gain his popularity?
(a) He stole candy for them.
(b) He was a spy for the group.
(c) He was amazing at sports.
(d) He punched Gigot.

4. Why did Malan ask for forgiveness?
(a) He is a bitter man.
(b) Sometimes he doesn't know how to respond to caring.
(c) He doesn't understand what Jacques is going through.
(d) Sometimes he cares too much.

5. What did Lucie do in the evenings when Etienne wasn't there?
(a) She lies down doing nothing.
(b) She knitted a blanket.
(c) She read.
(d) She called her family members on the phone.

6. What handicap did Lucie have?
(a) She couldn't hear.
(b) She couldn't speak.
(c) She was lame.
(d) She was blind.

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

8. Who would Jacques take a siesta with when he was younger?
(a) His mother.
(b) His grandmother.
(c) His brother.
(d) His uncle.

9. What did Lucie do with the letter announcing her husband's death?
(a) She put it in her pocket since she couldn't read.
(b) She read it then put it in the family album.
(c) She burned it.
(d) She tore it up.

10. What token did Lucie receive from the war?
(a) Her husband's boots.
(b) A medal.
(c) Her husband's uniform.
(d) A shell fragment from her husband's skull.

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

12. 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.

13. How did the man react to all the waiting he had to do in his travels?
(a) He was patient.
(b) It made him angry, and he started yelling at the others in line.
(c) He demanded to talk with the manager.
(d) He became depressed.

14. Where did Henri grow up?
(a) On a plantation.
(b) In the city.
(c) On a small farm.
(d) In an orphanage.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was it difficult for Catherine to understand the films?

2. What was the sea like?

3. What game was Pierre good at?

4. How did Henri feel about some of the actions he saw in the war?

5. What does Malan laugh with Jacques about?

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