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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. How did Tamzal feel about war?

2. When did Jacques have time to do what he wanted?

3. What did people think about Ernest?

4. Where did Veillard's ancestors come from?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How did Ernest feel about his mother?

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

6. Why did the French come to Algeria, and what did they find?

7. What does Jacques realize about his father?

8. What did Jacques feel about Ernest?

9. What were the Arabs in the area like?

10. Describe how Jacques got to school each day.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

When Lucie and Henri moved, they had to deal with many different changes. Explain what they had to face culturally, physically, mentally, and socially.

Essay Topic 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

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?

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