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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Jacques feel about making money for his family?
(a) He resented the fact that he had to do it.
(b) He was happy to do it.
(c) He felt it was his obligation.
(d) He took great pride in it.

2. What did Jacques feel about summer camp?
(a) He couldn't wait to go.
(b) He thought it more of a punishment than a privilege.
(c) He hoped to work at the camp someday.
(d) It was his escape from his poverty.

3. How did the grandmother kill the hen?
(a) She thew it in a pot of boiling water.
(b) She hit it on the head with a pan.
(c) With a sharp knife.
(d) She strangled it.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

11. What did Jacques like in his library books?
(a) Books with many images.
(b) Lots of content with small margins and lots of words.
(c) Poetry books.
(d) Books with lots of quotes.

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

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

14. What did the uncle and grandmother say Jacques had?
(a) Pride.
(b) Fear.
(c) Courage.
(d) Tenacity.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What made the mother and grandmother proud?

2. What did the farmer do?

3. How did Jacques feel about the light?

4. What happened to Jacques at the cooperage?

5. Who tried to protect the chickens from thieves?

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