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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. Why did Jacques go to visit his father?
(a) He wanted to tell his dad how he felt.
(b) He wanted to find out more about the man.
(c) His mother had asked him to.
(d) He wanted to make peace with his father.

2. How did the husband respond to the wife?
(a) He was concerned about her.
(b) He ignored.
(c) He yelled at her angrily.
(d) He told her to stop her whining.

3. Why didn't Jacques' grandmother want him to play soccer?
(a) She thought he should be studying.
(b) She didn't like the children he was playing with.
(c) It ruined his boots.
(d) She thought he should be working.

4. Where was Henri's family from?
(a) Italy.
(b) Algeria.
(c) France.
(d) Spain.

5. 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 became depressed.
(c) He demanded to talk with the manager.
(d) He was patient.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Max gain his popularity?

2. What aura did the man emanate?

3. What was the husband's new job?

4. What was Jacques like with his mother?

5. How did Henri feel about some of the actions he saw in the war?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What were Jacques' friends like?

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

6. What kind of town did Victor Malan live in?

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

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

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

10. How did Jacques feel about naps?

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