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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) Nothing. They were used to him.
(b) Run away.
(c) Cluck.
(d) Come toward him for food.

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

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

4. Where did Veillard's ancestors come from?
(a) London.
(b) Algiers.
(c) Paris.
(d) Barcelona.

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

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

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

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

9. What did people think about Ernest?
(a) He was good-natured and generous.
(b) He was a recluse.
(c) He was stupid.
(d) He was mean.

10. What made the mother and grandmother proud?
(a) They met some very important people and got along with them.
(b) They had a strong background.
(c) Jacques won an award.
(d) They had the nicest clothes.

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

12. What were people drawn to in Ernest, including Jacques' grandmother?
(a) His beauty.
(b) His infectious humor that never left.
(c) His ability to debate.
(d) His patience.

13. What had changed since Henri and Lucie lived there?
(a) Everything was even more dilapidated.
(b) The house was bigger.
(c) Everything. All the original buildings were gone.
(d) Nothing.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What separated the two worlds in Jacques?

2. What could Jacques identify by smell?

3. What was the political situation like?

4. What gift did the teacher give the older Jacques?

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

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