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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Search for the Father, The Child's Games.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Malan laugh with Jacques about?
(a) He teases Jacques about the food they are eating.
(b) He tells Jacques to get a job in the same school he works in.
(c) He teases Jacques about his crush on the woman at the train station.
(d) He tells Jacques to go to his mom to find out more about his dad.

2. How did Jacques feel about being on a boat?
(a) He worried about drowning.
(b) He loved the sound and feel of being on a boat.
(c) He thought it was fine, but preferred trains.
(d) He always got sea sick.

3. What year did the husband and wife move from Algiers?
(a) 1953
(b) 1913
(c) 1883
(d) 1902

4. What does Jacques think about Henri's early death?
(a) He thinks he was spared suffering.
(b) He thinks that's what one deserves when he goes off to war.
(c) He is sad when thinking about the joys in life that Henri missed.
(d) He thinks it's tragic.

5. How did the man surprise the chambermaid at the hotel?
(a) He gave her a tip even though he wouldn't let her carry his bag.
(b) He passed out in the hallway.
(c) He gave her flowers.
(d) He was irrational.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Jacques feel about going back to Algiers?

2. What was the sea like?

3. How long had Malan and Jacques been friends?

4. What happened when the husband knocked on the door at the doctor's house?

5. How did the wife respond to her pain.

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