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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. How did the man travel?

2. What did Lucie do in the evenings when Etienne wasn't there?

3. How did Max gain his popularity?

4. What was the husband's new job?

5. What couldn't Jacques control?

Short Essay Questions

1. What kind of town did Victor Malan live in?

2. Who did Jacques live with in Algiers? What was their neighborhood like?

3. What were their first impressions of their new home and homeland?

4. What did Jacques remember about going to the theater with the family?

5. What did Malan think about Jacques' idea to learn more about his father?

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

7. What kind of games did Jacques and his friends play?

8. What parenting experience did Henri and Lucie have?

9. How does Jacques feel about Malan?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

There was a shift in roles as Jacques stood by the grave and realized his father was younger than he when he died. Describe how he felt about his father at this point, and explain how it was that Henri was viewed more as a child and Jacques more as the father.

Essay Topic 3

Describe how Jacques felt about his father. How did his mother's relationship to his father influence him? How did he change as he learned more about his father?

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