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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Jacques' job at the theater?
(a) He ran and got the snacks for his family.
(b) He helped seat everyone.
(c) He was in charge of telling the family when the film was about to begin.
(d) He read the captions to his grandmother.

2. How did Jacques feel about siestas?
(a) He hated them.
(b) He looked forward to going to bed.
(c) He found them relaxing and pleasant.
(d) He knew he needed them.

3. What did Jacques say happened to the coin?
(a) He said he lost it.
(b) He said someone stole it.
(c) He said he spent it and forgot to get change.
(d) He said that he gave it to a beggar.

4. What happened when the husband knocked on the door at the doctor's house?
(a) Nothing. No one answered at first.
(b) The doctor came out, full of concern.
(c) They yelled at him to leave.
(d) People came scurrying out.

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

6. Who did the Arab go to find?
(a) His wife.
(b) A doctor.
(c) His sister.
(d) His daughter-in-law.

7. How were Jacques and his father similar?
(a) They both loved art.
(b) Jacques looked like his father.
(c) They were both soldiers.
(d) They both were farmers.

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

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

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

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

12. What did Jacques realize about his grandmother?
(a) She resented his presence in her life.
(b) She thought he was a nuisance.
(c) She loved him.
(d) It was painful for her to be with him since he was so similar to his father.

13. What did the boys fill their pockets with?
(a) Garbage.
(b) Candy.
(c) Fruit.
(d) Stones.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the baby like?

2. How would Jacques learn more about his father?

3. How long had Malan and Jacques been friends?

4. How did Max gain his popularity?

5. How did Jacques' mother seem as she gazed out the window?

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