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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 was the weather like as Lucie and her husband traveled to their new home?
(a) A tornado was chasing them.
(b) It was a beautiful day.
(c) It was starting to snow.
(d) It was raining.

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

3. How did Jacques feel about Paris?
(a) He loved it.
(b) He didn't like it.
(c) He refused to go back there.
(d) He thrived in the atmosphere of the city.

4. Who was standing in the corridor of the Saint-Brieuc train 40 years after Henri and Lucie had their child?
(a) A man.
(b) A priest.
(c) The Arab.
(d) A soldier.

5. Where did Jacques' mother live?
(a) In the house where he grew up.
(b) Right near the beach.
(c) In a little cottage.
(d) In the nursing home.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Lucie do with the letter announcing her husband's death?

2. What did the house look like when the husband and doctor arrived?

3. How did the wife respond to her pain.

4. What was Jacques like with his mother?

5. Why did he like his small town?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What was making Lucie anxious when he visited her?

3. Why did Jacques feel indebted to Malan?

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

5. How did Henri show his love for Lucie?

6. Why was soccer an issue in the household?

7. How did Malan feel about his wife?

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

9. Explain where Jacques' father was buried and why.

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

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