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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 would Jacques tell his family about the lycee during dinner?

2. What did Jacques learn about his father from Veillard?

3. How did Tamzal feel about war?

4. What did Jacques about male friendship when he was out with his uncle?

5. What was Jacques' punishment for the fight he was in?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Jacques do on Thursdays?

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

4. What were the Arabs in the area like?

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

6. Why didn't Jacques' mother and grandmother want him to go to the lycee?

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

8. How did Jacques and Pierre feel about school in general?

9. How does Jacques feel about his summer work?

10. Describe how Lucie reacts to the task and how it makes Jacques feel.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

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.

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