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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 react to all the waiting he had to do in his travels?

2. What was Jacques' job at the theater?

3. What was the husband's new job?

4. How did Jacques feel when the evening came?

5. What is one of Malan's faults according to Jacques?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the journey like on the way to the new house?

2. How did Malan feel about his wife?

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

4. What memory of his father did Jacques receive from his grandmother?

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

6. What parenting experience did Henri and Lucie have?

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

8. How did Lucie feel about the war her husband died in?

9. Describe what happened as dusk fell at the graveyard.

10. Describe how Jacques felt about France, and how he felt about Algiers.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the home Jacques grew up in when he lived in Algiers. Who lived with him? What was the neighborhood like? What were some of the challenges they faced living there? Was he happy? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Describe how Lucie and Henri related to the locals, and how the locals treated them in return. Use examples from the story to show their acceptance or antagonism towards each other.

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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