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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. 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) Things were about to blow apart into warfare.
(d) There were negotiations for peace.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the journey like for the original settlers?

2. Why was Jacques one of the teacher's pets?

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

4. Who was around to tell Pierre and Jacques what to expect from the lycee?

5. What would Jacques tell his family about the lycee during dinner?

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