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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Jacques about male friendship when he was out with his uncle?
(a) It is good for the soul.
(b) There always should be some females mixed in.
(c) You always have to guard your back.
(d) It's non-existent.

2. What separated the two worlds in Jacques?
(a) Transportation limitations.
(b) Memories.
(c) The cultures.
(d) The Mediterranean.

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

4. What kind of lighting did they have in the house?
(a) They tapped into the city's electricity.
(b) They used a generator for electricity.
(c) They had no light sources.
(d) The grandmother would light a lamp.

5. Where did Pierre and Jacques spend some of their free time?
(a) At the lycee, talking with tutors.
(b) Studying in the cellar.
(c) At the soldier's home.
(d) They rode the trolley around town.

6. What type of relationship did students have with teachers at the lycee?
(a) They students silently resented the teachers.
(b) They almost had a parent/child relationship.
(c) They weren't close, but there was respect.
(d) The teachers were aloof and had no respect for the students.

7. What did Jacques consider his country?
(a) Algeria.
(b) France.
(c) Spain.
(d) England.

8. Where did Josephin work?
(a) He worked at the beach.
(b) He worked for the railroad.
(c) He worked in the market.
(d) He worked at the bank.

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

10. What religious education did Jacques have to go through?
(a) Classes for his baptism.
(b) Sunday school.
(c) Classes for Arabic.
(d) Classes for his first communion.

11. Why did Jacques and Pierre have to leave their neighborhood on a daily basis?
(a) They had to travel to attend school.
(b) The dog catcher chased them out.
(c) Their parents told them to stay out of the house during the week.
(d) They had to go to work.

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

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

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

15. Who was the common enemy in the neighborhood?
(a) The police.
(b) The gang from the next neighborhood.
(c) The school teacher.
(d) The dogcatcher.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the uncle and grandmother say Jacques had?

2. What set Jacques apart from his schoolmates?

3. What did the grandmother think of Lucie's haircut?

4. How did Jacques feel about making money for his family?

5. How did Jacques feel about the light?

(see the answer keys)

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