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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 old is Jean's father when Jean has his stroke?

2. What would the last lines of his writing about his hospital experience include?

3. What is the name of Jean's daughter?

4. What kind of place does Jean's father live in?

5. What does Jean say is his only true form of escape?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Jean's feeding test show?

2. How does Jean communicate his fluctuating emotions?

3. How does Jean describe his corridor of the hospital?

4. How does Jean communicate with people who come to visit him?

5. What does a friend of Jean's do to help him when he starts missing his favorite foods?

6. What is happening when Jean awakes from his coma?

7. Why is it ironic when people try to finish Jean's sentences?

8. How does Jean describe his father's apartment?

9. What does Sandrine help Jean to do, and how do the other staff at the hospital respond to this?

10. Where has the author spent much of his last year when the book begins?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What are some of the ways Jean is able to cope with his immobility, boredom, and loneliness, and what does this indicate about his personality?

Essay Topic 2

Compassion and empathy is a theme present in a number of places in this story. What are some of the best examples of this theme, and how does the presence of this theme affect Jean's life?

Essay Topic 3

Dealing with disabilities is an important theme in this book. How does Jean display this theme, and how does this affect the people in his family?

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