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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What sound did Jacques hear before he left the graveyard?

2. What does Jacques think about Henri's early death?

3. What did Lucie think about movies?

4. What aura did the man emanate?

5. What does Jacques tell Malan he's willing to give him?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain where Jacques' father was buried and why.

2. Why did Henri and Lucie leave Algiers?

3. How does Jacques feel about Malan?

4. What was making Lucie anxious when he visited her?

5. How did the caretaker help Jacques?

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

7. What did the way Jacques demonstrate about his personality?

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

9. What were Jacques' friends like?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain how M. Bernard completely changed Jacques' world. What was he like as a teacher? How did he treat the students? How was he an advocate for Jacques? Why did Jacques continue to visit him even when he was old?

Essay Topic 2

When Lucie and Henri moved, they had to deal with many different changes. Explain what they had to face culturally, physically, mentally, and socially.

Essay Topic 3

Describe how Henri felt about fighting and warfare. What did Jacques learn about his father from the war stories told to him by his teacher?

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