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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 Pierre and Jacques pass on the way to school?

2. What could Jacques identify by smell?

3. How did Jacques feel when he got into the school of higher education?

4. What was Josephin's relationship to Ernest?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Jacques like M. Bernard so much?

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

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

4. What does Jacques do on Thursdays?

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

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

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

8. Describe how Jacques got to school each day.

9. How does Jacques feel about his classmates?

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

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

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.

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