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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did the man react to all the waiting he had to do in his travels?
(a) It made him angry, and he started yelling at the others in line.
(b) He demanded to talk with the manager.
(c) He became depressed.
(d) He was patient.

2. How long had Malan and Jacques been friends?
(a) 40 years.
(b) 20 years.
(c) 10 years.
(d) 5 years.

3. What did Lucie think about movies?
(a) She felt that the theater was too crowded.
(b) The theater wasn't a treat for her.
(c) She wanted to be a movie star.
(d) She appreciated her escape from reality.

4. What does Jacques tell Malan he's willing to give him?
(a) Money for a train ride.
(b) Everything he has.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Rent money.

5. What does Malan think about Henri's early death?
(a) He thinks it's tragic.
(b) He thinks that's what one deserves when he goes off to war.
(c) He thinks he was spared suffering.
(d) He is sad when thinking about the joys in life that Henri missed.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Malan describe Jacques?

2. How did they split the fries?

3. Why did the women laugh when the doctor arrived?

4. How did the husband respond when the doctor asked if he had other children?

5. How did Jacques' discovery about his father change his feelings toward him?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Henri and Lucie leave Algiers?

2. How did Lucie react to the situation she was in?

3. What kind of games did Jacques and his friends play?

4. Why did Jacques feel indebted to Malan?

5. How did Henri show his love for Lucie?

6. What did Jacques realize about his father's age, and how did he react to this knowledge?

7. What parenting experience did Henri and Lucie have?

8. Who did Jacques live with in Algiers? What was their neighborhood like?

9. Why does Jacques get in trouble when he goes home, and what was his punishment? How does his mother react to the punishment?

10. How did Jacques feel about naps?

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