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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 happened after the fight between Ernest and Josephin?
(a) Ernest had to go to the hospital.
(b) They both began to cry and made up.
(c) Josephin stopped eating at the house.
(d) Josephin had to go to the hospital.

2. How did the grandmother kill the hen?
(a) She thew it in a pot of boiling water.
(b) She strangled it.
(c) She hit it on the head with a pan.
(d) With a sharp knife.

3. What did Jacques like in his library books?
(a) Poetry books.
(b) Books with lots of quotes.
(c) Books with many images.
(d) Lots of content with small margins and lots of words.

4. What did Jacques feel about summer camp?
(a) It was his escape from his poverty.
(b) He couldn't wait to go.
(c) He hoped to work at the camp someday.
(d) He thought it more of a punishment than a privilege.

5. What did the grandmother think of Lucie's haircut?
(a) She wanted to get her own hair cut like that, too.
(b) She told Lucie she looked like a whore.
(c) She loved it, but thought it was too modern for her taste.
(d) She didn't like it but accepted it.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Jacques' punishment for the fight he was in?

2. What element of nature did Jacques truly appreciate?

3. What did Jacques and Pierre take to get to school?

4. What did Jacques have to write down to describe his mother's work?

5. What kind of lighting did they have in the house?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe what happens when Jacques needs a permission slip signed.

2. Explain what the lycee is and why it was a privilege to go there.

3. How does Jacques feel about his summer work?

4. Why does Jacques go to Jacques, and what does he find?

5. How did M. Bernard feel about the children of war victims?

6. What handicap did Ernest have, and how did it affect his life?

7. Describe how Jacques got to school each day.

8. How did Ernest feel about his mother?

9. What does Jacques realize about his father?

10. Describe the attitude of the vets in the soldier's home.

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