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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What was Jacques' punishment for the fight he was in?
(a) He was sent home.
(b) He was suspended from school.
(c) He had to stay in the corner and miss recess.
(d) He was whipped.

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

5. What was the relationship like between Ernest and Jacques?
(a) Ernest thought Jacques was a burden.
(b) Ernest tolerated the boy.
(c) They were polite to each other, but didn't get close.
(d) They were close.

6. What book did the teacher read to the students?
(a) The Holy Bible.
(b) A book on etiquette.
(c) A book about World War I.
(d) McGuffey's Reader.

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

8. What did Jacques help Michel with?
(a) The shopping.
(b) Moving furniture.
(c) Dinner.
(d) The horses.

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

10. What did the grandmother think of Lucie's haircut?
(a) She told Lucie she looked like a whore.
(b) She wanted to get her own hair cut like that, too.
(c) She didn't like it but accepted it.
(d) She loved it, but thought it was too modern for her taste.

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

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

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

14. What did Jacques learn about his father from Veillard?
(a) He learned that his father was a hard worker.
(b) Nothing. The man knew nothing about the Henri.
(c) He learned that his father had a great sense of humor.
(d) He learned that his father was a strictly religious man.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Jacques feel about the light?

2. What did people think about Ernest?

3. How did the grandmother embarrass Jacques during the awards ceremony?

4. Who tried to protect the chickens from thieves?

5. What religious education did Jacques have to go through?

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