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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What set Jacques apart from his schoolmates?
(a) His family traditions and values.
(b) His sense of humor.
(c) His poverty.
(d) His brilliance.

2. How did Jacques feel about making money for his family?
(a) He resented the fact that he had to do it.
(b) He took great pride in it.
(c) He was happy to do it.
(d) He felt it was his obligation.

3. What gift did the teacher give the older Jacques?
(a) The book he had read in class.
(b) A handkerchief.
(c) The ruler he used to smack the children with.
(d) Some money.

4. What pastime did Ernest thoroughly enjoy?
(a) Walking around the city.
(b) Hunting.
(c) Riding subways.
(d) Reading.

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

6. What did Jacques ask Veillard about?
(a) Religion
(b) His father.
(c) Education.
(d) Farming.

7. What would Jacques tell his family about the lycee during dinner?
(a) His most interesting teacher of the day.
(b) His homework
(c) Anecdotes highlighting other students.
(d) Nothing.

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

9. What world did Jacques become most part of?
(a) The world of the lycee.
(b) The world of his neighborhood.
(c) The world of work.
(d) The world of the water

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

11. What did Jacques dread each day when he went home from the lycee?
(a) The silence in the house.
(b) Death and the unknown.
(c) Dinner.
(d) His grandmother's beatings.

12. How was the outside in comparison to the hallway?
(a) Haunting.
(b) Lighter.
(c) Ominous.
(d) Darker.

13. What type of book mostly appealed to Jacques?
(a) Cloak and dagger novels.
(b) Textbooks.
(c) Science fiction.
(d) Biographies.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Jacques and Pierre take to get to school?

2. What did Jacques help Michel with?

3. What kind of lighting did they have in the house?

4. How did Jacques feel when he got the hen?

5. When did Jacques have time to do what he wanted?

(see the answer keys)

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