2. What happened when Jacques told his mother and grandmother that he had a chance at getting a higher education?
(a) They said he had to work.
(b) They took him out to dinner.
(c) They hugged him.
(d) They laughed at him.

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

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

5. How did the grandmother kill the hen?
(a) She thew it in a pot of boiling water.
(b) With a sharp knife.
(c) She hit it on the head with a pan.
(d) She strangled it.

6. How did the grandmother embarrass Jacques during the awards ceremony?
(a) She talked to the people next to her.
(b) She kept crying.
(c) She was dressed wrong.
(d) She was obviously illiterate.

7. How did Tamzal feel about war?
(a) He thought is was something everyone should engage in.
(b) He thought war was a strange beast.
(c) He felt it was more normal than peace.
(d) He abhorred it.

8. What did Pierre and Jacques treat themselves with when they had extra money?
(a) A new book.
(b) A newspaper.
(c) Nothing. They saved all the money they could get.
(d) A plain fritter.

9. Why was Jacques one of the teacher's pets?
(a) Because of his good grades.
(b) Because the teacher loved Jacques' mother.
(c) He considered all the boys with fathers who died in the war his pets.
(d) Because he never got into trouble.

10. Who else understands their instinctive bond to the area?
(a) The missionaries.
(b) The Arabs.
(c) The French.
(d) Nobody else.

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

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

13. What was the political situation like?
(a) There were negotiations for peace.
(b) It was a time of peace.
(c) Things were about to blow apart into warfare.
(d) It was a time of unrest, and it wasn't safe to live there.

14. What did Jacques pass on his way to Mondavi?
(a) A large church.
(b) Beautiful landscapes.
(c) His father's grave.
(d) Jeeps with guns.

15. What happened to Jacques at the cooperage?
(a) His finger was crushed.
(b) He was offered a full-time job.
(c) He was robbed.
(d) He fell into the fire.