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

2. How did the grandmother kill the hen?

3. Why was M. Bernard's class so interesting for the children?

4. What did Jacques have to give up to be friends with Georges?

5. How did Louis feel about getting a hen from the yard?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Jacques sent out to get a hen?

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

3. How does Jacques feel about his classmates?

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

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

6. Describe how Jacques got to school each day.

7. What did Jacques feel about Ernest?

8. What does Jacques realize about his father?

9. What was Ernest's relationship like with his sister?

10. Describe the attitude of the vets in the soldier's home.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Describe the family trip to the theater. Explain what it was like for the mother, the grandmother, and for Jacques..

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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