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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 Pierre and Jacques spend some of their free time?
(a) They rode the trolley around town.
(b) At the lycee, talking with tutors.
(c) Studying in the cellar.
(d) At the soldier's home.

2. What book did the teacher read to the students?
(a) A book about World War I.
(b) The Holy Bible.
(c) A book on etiquette.
(d) McGuffey's Reader.

3. What separated the two worlds in Jacques?
(a) Transportation limitations.
(b) Memories.
(c) The cultures.
(d) The Mediterranean.

4. What type of relationship did students have with teachers at the lycee?
(a) They weren't close, but there was respect.
(b) The teachers were aloof and had no respect for the students.
(c) They almost had a parent/child relationship.
(d) They students silently resented the teachers.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What disability did Ernest have?

2. What could Jacques identify by smell?

3. What did the hens start to do when Jacques came near?

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

5. Who was the old man with the canary that Jacques went to visit?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What were the Arabs in the area like?

5. What did Jacques feel about Ernest?

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

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

8. What does Jacques realize about his father?

9. How does Jacques feel about his classmates?

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

(see the answer keys)

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