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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 made the mother and grandmother proud?
(a) Jacques won an award.
(b) They met some very important people and got along with them.
(c) They had a strong background.
(d) They had the nicest clothes.

2. Why was Jacques one of the teacher's pets?
(a) Because the teacher loved Jacques' mother.
(b) Because he never got into trouble.
(c) Because of his good grades.
(d) He considered all the boys with fathers who died in the war his pets.

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

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

5. How did Tamzal feel about war?
(a) He thought is was something everyone should engage in.
(b) He abhorred it.
(c) He thought war was a strange beast.
(d) He felt it was more normal than peace.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the grandmother think of Lucie's haircut?

2. What did Jacques dread each day when he went home from the lycee?

3. What book did the teacher read to the students?

4. What did Jacques help Michel with?

5. What happened when Jacques told his mother and grandmother that he had a chance at getting a higher education?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe how Jacques got to school each day.

2. What does Jacques realize about his father?

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

4. Why is Jacques sent out to get a hen?

5. Why did Jacques like M. Bernard so much?

6. How did Ernest feel about his mother?

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

8. How does Jacques feel about his family coming to the awards ceremony?

9. What was Ernest's relationship like with his sister?

10. How did Jacques and Pierre feel about school in general?

(see the answer keys)

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