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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. Where did he and his friends stop on the way to the field?
(a) The candy store.
(b) The market.
(c) The post office.
(d) The waterspout.

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

3. How did the man surprise the chambermaid at the hotel?
(a) He gave her a tip even though he wouldn't let her carry his bag.
(b) He passed out in the hallway.
(c) He was irrational.
(d) He gave her flowers.

4. What was Jacques like with his mother?
(a) It was a polite yet distant relationship.
(b) They loved each other very much.
(c) They refused to see each other.
(d) It was a strained relationship.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did the boys sneak away to in the summer?

2. Where did Henri grow up?

3. Why was Lucie afraid?

4. How did Jacques feel about being on a boat?

5. What is one of Malan's faults according to Jacques?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Jacques and his mother greet each other? How did Lucie prepare for him?

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

3. How did Henri show his love for Lucie?

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

5. How did Malan feel about his wife?

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

7. How does Jacques feel about Malan?

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

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

10. How does Malan respond to Jacques' acknowledgment of how he felt about him?

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