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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Who was the common enemy in the neighborhood?
(a) The school teacher.
(b) The police.
(c) The dogcatcher.
(d) The gang from the next neighborhood.

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

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

6. What did Pierre and Jacques treat themselves with when they had extra money?
(a) A new book.
(b) A plain fritter.
(c) A newspaper.
(d) Nothing. They saved all the money they could get.

7. What pastime did Ernest thoroughly enjoy?
(a) Riding subways.
(b) Hunting.
(c) Reading.
(d) Walking around the city.

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

9. Where did Josephin work?
(a) He worked in the market.
(b) He worked at the beach.
(c) He worked for the railroad.
(d) He worked at the bank.

10. What gift did the teacher give the older Jacques?
(a) The ruler he used to smack the children with.
(b) Some money.
(c) The book he had read in class.
(d) A handkerchief.

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

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

13. Why was M. Bernard's class so interesting for the children?
(a) They got to decide what they wanted to learn.
(b) They never knew what he was going to do next.
(c) They got to do great experiments.
(d) He truly had a passion for his work.

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

15. What was the political situation like?
(a) Things were about to blow apart into warfare.
(b) It was a time of unrest, and it wasn't safe to live there.
(c) It was a time of peace.
(d) There were negotiations for peace.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the old man with the canary that Jacques went to visit?

2. Who tried to protect the chickens from thieves?

3. How did Jacques feel when he got into the school of higher education?

4. How did Louis feel about getting a hen from the yard?

5. Who did Jacques walk to school with?

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