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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 were people drawn to in Ernest, including Jacques' grandmother?
(a) His patience.
(b) His infectious humor that never left.
(c) His beauty.
(d) His ability to debate.

2. What could Jacques identify by smell?
(a) The different rooms in the school.
(b) The weather.
(c) Books.
(d) Dinner.

3. How did Louis feel about getting a hen from the yard?
(a) He refused to do it.
(b) He dreaded it.
(c) He was afraid of the hens.
(d) He thought it was fun to chase the hens.

4. What element of nature did Jacques truly appreciate?
(a) The rain.
(b) The snow.
(c) The sun.
(d) The wind.

5. What did Jacques see in his half-dream state?
(a) The guerillas.
(b) His teacher.
(c) His father.
(d) His grandmother.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Jacques consider his country?

2. What happened after the fight between Ernest and Josephin?

3. What separated the two worlds in Jacques?

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

5. What did Pierre and Jacques pass on the way to school?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How did Ernest feel about his mother?

3. Why didn't Jacques' mother and grandmother want him to go to the lycee?

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

5. What does Jacques do on Thursdays?

6. Describe the grandmother's response to his task, and how Jacques feels about it.

7. What does Jacques feel as he goes down the hallway and outside?

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

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

10. What were the Arabs in the area like?

(see the answer keys)

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