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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 does Jean describe the passing years?

2. How close do people need to be to Jean for him to hear them?

3. What is wrong with Jean's left ear?

4. How does Jean feel after his visit with his family outside of the hospital?

5. What caused Jean to get soaked on his lucky day?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Jean think his day at the racetrack represents?

2. What does Jean do when he goes to the beach with his family?

3. What does Jean think about as Claude reads Jean the book he has been writing?

4. What does Jean plan to do with the letters he receives from his friends and family?

5. What did Jean do while in Hong Kong?

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

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

8. What does Jean plan to do to keep in touch with his friends?

9. How does Jean wake up on his "lucky" day?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What significance did the title of the book have on Jean's life while he was healing?

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

What are some of the things Jean compares the patients in his hospital to and why?

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