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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. What did Lucie do in the evenings when Etienne wasn't there?
(a) She called her family members on the phone.
(b) She read.
(c) She lies down doing nothing.
(d) She knitted a blanket.

2. How does Malan feel about Jacques finding out more about his father?
(a) He thinks it's a great idea.
(b) He doesn't think it's wise.
(c) He doesn't understand why he would want to.
(d) He think the idea is funny.

3. What message did he give Jacques?
(a) Education is more important than anything on Earth.
(b) Stay away from marriage.
(c) There is no relationship better than that between a father and son.
(d) We never really know people even when we think we know them.

4. What was Victor Malan's job?
(a) Teacher.
(b) Customs administration.
(c) Caretaker.
(d) Tailor.

5. How did Jacques feel about going back to Algiers?
(a) He refused to ever go back.
(b) He dreaded it.
(c) He was filled with happy anxiety.
(d) He embraced the idea of going back with gusto.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Malan ask for forgiveness?

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

3. How did the man travel?

4. What year did Lucie say she was born?

5. What did the children do in their meeting place?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How did the caretaker help Jacques?

3. Describe how Jacques felt about France, and how he felt about Algiers.

4. Lucie lived in the same place where Jacques grew up. What was still the same about it, and what was different?

5. How did Lucie feel about the war her husband died in?

6. Describe what happened as dusk fell at the graveyard.

7. What were their first impressions of their new home and homeland?

8. What was the journey like on the way to the new house?

9. How did Malan feel about his wife?

10. How did Jacques perceive the relationship between his mother and father?

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