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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the hens start to do when Jacques came near?
(a) Cluck.
(b) Run away.
(c) Nothing. They were used to him.
(d) Come toward him for food.

2. What was the hallway like?
(a) Dark.
(b) Spacious.
(c) Light.
(d) Cramped.

3. What did Jacques have to write down to describe his mother's work?
(a) Stay-at-home mom.
(b) Domestic.
(c) Postal employee.
(d) Caterer.

4. What did Jacques feel about summer camp?
(a) He hoped to work at the camp someday.
(b) He thought it more of a punishment than a privilege.
(c) He couldn't wait to go.
(d) It was his escape from his poverty.

5. What could Jacques identify by smell?
(a) The weather.
(b) Dinner.
(c) Books.
(d) The different rooms in the school.

6. What was Josephin's relationship to Ernest?
(a) They were brothers.
(b) They were best friends.
(c) Ernest was Josephin's father.
(d) They were enemies.

7. What did Jacques have to give up to be friends with Georges?
(a) His sandwich at lunchtime.
(b) Saying dirty words.
(c) His love of reading.
(d) Eating meat.

8. What happened after the fight between Ernest and Josephin?
(a) Ernest had to go to the hospital.
(b) Josephin had to go to the hospital.
(c) They both began to cry and made up.
(d) Josephin stopped eating at the house.

9. What did Jacques see in his half-dream state?
(a) His grandmother.
(b) His father.
(c) The guerillas.
(d) His teacher.

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

11. How did feel about getting a hen from the yard?
(a) He thought it was fun to chase the hens.
(b) He was afraid of the hens.
(c) He dreaded it.
(d) He refused to do it.

12. Who was around to tell Pierre and Jacques what to expect from the lycee?
(a) Jacques' mother.
(b) M. Bernard.
(c) No one.
(d) The grandmother.

13. What did Jacques like in his library books?
(a) Lots of content with small margins and lots of words.
(b) Books with lots of quotes.
(c) Poetry books.
(d) Books with many images.

14. What did Jacques and Pierre take to get to school?
(a) A train.
(b) A taxi.
(c) Bicycles.
(d) A trolley.

15. What element of nature did Jacques truly appreciate?
(a) The wind.
(b) The snow.
(c) The sun.
(d) The rain.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened when Jacques told his mother and grandmother that he had a chance at getting a higher education?

2. Why was M. Bernard's class so interesting for the children?

3. What happened to Jacques at the cooperage?

4. Where did Pierre and Jacques spend some of their free time?

5. How did Jacques feel when he got into the school of higher education?

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