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

2. What made the African troops stand out?
(a) Their optimism.
(b) Their strategic fighting skills.
(c) Their brightly colored uniforms.
(d) Their aggressive fighting style.

3. According to Jacques' grandmother, what illness did Lucie have when she was young?
(a) Chicken pox.
(b) Pneumonia.
(c) Typhoid.
(d) The flu.

4. How old is Malan?
(a) 55.
(b) 50.
(c) 40.
(d) 65.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Victor Malan's job?

2. What was the weather like as Lucie and her husband traveled to their new home?

3. Why does Jacques say he's different around Malan?

4. What did Malan look like?

5. How did the man react to those traveling near him?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Jacques feel about Malan?

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

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

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

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

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

7. What memory of his father did Jacques receive from his grandmother?

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

9. What did Jacques remember about going to the theater with the family?

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

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