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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 like in his library books?

2. What did Pierre and Jacques treat themselves with when they had extra money?

3. What could Jacques identify by smell?

4. How did Jacques feel about making money for his family?

5. What did the farmer do?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Jacques realize about his father?

3. How does Jacques feel about his summer work?

4. What does Jacques do on Thursdays?

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

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

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

8. What were the Arabs in the area like?

9. How does Jacques feel about his classmates?

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

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 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

Describe the differences between Malan's love for Jacques and Jacques' love for Malan? How do they deal with the difference?

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