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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who tried to protect the chickens from thieves?
(a) The barber.
(b) The grandmother.
(c) Jacques.
(d) The Arab next door.

3. How did Jacques define his religious preferences?
(a) He was a non-practicing Catholic.
(b) He was a strict Catholic.
(c) He was an agnostic.
(d) He was an atheist.

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

5. Who was the old man with the canary that Jacques went to visit?
(a) His best friend from childhood.
(b) His uncle.
(c) His old boss.
(d) His former teacher.

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

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

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

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

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

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

12. What did the Cormerys do on vacation?
(a) They didn't get vacations.
(b) They worked on their house.
(c) They went to the mountains.
(d) They took trips to the beach.

13. How did Jacques feel when he got the hen?
(a) Sad.
(b) Content.
(c) Triumphant.
(d) He was sick with disgust and fear.

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

15. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of relationship did students have with teachers at the lycee?

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

3. What happened to Jacques at the cooperage?

4. What did Jacques pass on his way to Mondavi?

5. What did Jacques ask Veillard about?

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