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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 was the hallway like?

2. What kind of lighting did they have in the house?

3. What did Jacques consider his country?

4. What disability did Ernest have?

5. How did the grandmother kill the hen?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How did M. Bernard feel about the children of war victims?

3. How did Ernest feel about his mother?

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

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

6. Describe how Jacques got to school each day.

7. How does Jacques feel about his family coming to the awards ceremony?

8. What did Jacques feel about Ernest?

9. How does Jacques feel about his summer work?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain what happened when Jacques has a coin. What does he do with it? What does he tell his grandmother about it? How does she react, and what does he learn from the experience.

Essay Topic 2

How does Malan react to Jacques' interest in finding out more about Henri? What pieces of advice does he offer to Jacques regarding the search for more information?

Essay Topic 3

Describe what Jacques discovered when he went back to the town of his birth. What was the political situation? What did he learn about his father? How did the visit change him?

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