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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 is Jean's favorite season?

2. Where is Jean taken on the holiday when someone wheels him away from the hospital?

3. Who wheels Jean down the hall on a holiday?

4. What does Jean watch out his window after spending a holiday with his family outside of the hospital?

5. What is the name of the person Jean once took to the place he is told to take a pilgrimage to?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Jean do when he started feeling sick in the car on the night of his stroke?

2. What does Jean think about after his trip to the beach with his family?

3. What happens when Jean and Vincent go to the horse track?

4. What causes Jean to see that he needs to break up with Josephine?

5. What did Jean do while in Hong Kong?

6. What did Jean do most of the time while he was on his trip with Josephine?

7. What does Jean think about as the Summer season comes?

8. What is Jean's favorite thing to do when taken to the beach by friends?

9. What makes Jean depressed when he thinks about his former job and co-workers?

10. What do Jean's efforts to keep in touch with his friends cause?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Who is Empress Eugenie, and how does she affect Jean during his first months after waking up from his coma?

Essay Topic 2

Symbolism is a very prevalent literary device used by Jean. What are some of these symbols, and how does their presence affect the feeling of the book?

Essay Topic 3

Diversity and discrimination are two major and related themes in this book. Where do these themes appear, and how do they work together to propel the plot of the book?

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