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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the first person Sandrine calls when Jean makes significant improvement?
(a) Jean's sister.
(b) Jean's father.
(c) Jean's daughter.
(d) Jean's mother.

2. How will Jean need to be fed after losing too much weight?
(a) Through a tube.
(b) With an all liquid diet.
(c) With vomit reducers.
(d) Through vitamin pills.

3. What does Brigitte do for Jean every time before she leaves him?
(a) Tickles his feet.
(b) Kisses his forehead.
(c) Gives him a facial massage.
(d) Tells him how proud she is of his progress.

4. How does Jean describe what he wanted to write about his hospital experience?
(a) Hopeful.
(b) Defeating.
(c) Dreary.
(d) Morbid.

5. What was Eugenie's title?
(a) Empress.
(b) Countess.
(c) Duchess.
(d) Princess.

6. How does Jean feel when he gets lost in the hospital?
(a) Patient.
(b) Angry.
(c) Excited.
(d) Nervous.

7. How does Jean describe Sandrine's job?
(a) Arduous.
(b) Exhilarating.
(c) Frustrating.
(d) Rewarding.

8. What did Jean imagine Eugenie telling him to do?
(a) Be patient.
(b) Write his story.
(c) Stay strong.
(d) Get well.

9. What day of the week did the author have his stroke?
(a) Saturday.
(b) Friday.
(c) Sunday.
(d) Monday.

10. How does the literary figure with Locked-In syndrome get around?
(a) He has a wheelchair.
(b) He crawls.
(c) He goes nowhere.
(d) Servants carry him.

11. How does Jean communicate his emotions?
(a) He winks his eyes once or twice.
(b) He makes high and low sounds.
(c) He shakes or nods his head.
(d) He smiles and frowns slightly.

12. What was being done to Jean when he woke from his coma?
(a) His family was praying for him.
(b) His eye was being sewn shut.
(c) His feeding tube was being changed.
(d) He was being bathed.

13. Where does Jean imagine seeing the only literary figure with Locked-In syndrome?
(a) The store.
(b) The beach.
(c) The hospital.
(d) His father's apartment.

14. Why does Jean's father not visit the hospital to see Jean?
(a) He is too old.
(b) He and Jean have a strained relationship.
(c) He is afraid of hospitals.
(d) The journey would cost too much.

15. What kind of creature does Jean compare himself to?
(a) A butterfly.
(b) A ghost.
(c) A nut shell.
(d) A flower.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the first thing Jean learns to say after his stroke?

2. What does Jean hope his hospital experience really is?

3. What does Jean constantly dream about?

4. What does Jean refuse to wear while in the hospital?

5. What does Jean say clutters his father's place?

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