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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What made the mother and grandmother proud?
(a) They had a strong background.
(b) They had the nicest clothes.
(c) Jacques won an award.
(d) They met some very important people and got along with them.

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

3. What did Jacques dread each day when he went home from the lycee?
(a) Death and the unknown.
(b) His grandmother's beatings.
(c) The silence in the house.
(d) Dinner.

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

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

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

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

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

9. What set Jacques apart from his schoolmates?
(a) His sense of humor.
(b) His family traditions and values.
(c) His poverty.
(d) His brilliance.

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 loved it, but thought it was too modern for her taste.
(d) She didn't like it but accepted it.

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

12. What happened after the fight between Ernest and Josephin?
(a) Josephin had to go to the hospital.
(b) Josephin stopped eating at the house.
(c) Ernest had to go to the hospital.
(d) They both began to cry and made up.

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

14. What was the journey like for the original settlers?
(a) Scary as they faced the unknown.
(b) Very tough and unsanitary.
(c) Smooth. The people in the new country helped them.
(d) Happy as they looked toward their new adventures.

15. What kind of lighting did they have in the house?
(a) They tapped into the city's electricity.
(b) The grandmother would light a lamp.
(c) They used a generator for electricity.
(d) They had no light sources.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the farmer do?

2. What disability did Ernest have?

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

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

5. Where did Pierre and Jacques spend some of their free time?

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