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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, The Son or The First Man, The Chicken Coop and Cutting the Hen's Throat.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happened when Jacques told his mother and grandmother that he had a chance at getting a higher education?
(a) They laughed at him.
(b) They said he had to work.
(c) They took him out to dinner.
(d) They hugged him.

2. How were Jacques and his father similar?
(a) Jacques looked like his father.
(b) They both were farmers.
(c) They were both soldiers.
(d) They both loved art.

3. How did Henri feel about some of the actions he saw in the war?
(a) He accepted the actions as something soldiers must do.
(b) He was horrified and said no man would act like that.
(c) He thought the enemy deserved all they got.
(d) He was disgusted but not surprised.

4. Where was Henri's family from?
(a) Italy.
(b) Spain.
(c) France.
(d) Algeria.

5. What did the grandmother think of Lucie's haircut?
(a) She loved it, but thought it was too modern for her taste.
(b) She didn't like it but accepted it.
(c) She wanted to get her own hair cut like that, too.
(d) She told Lucie she looked like a whore.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Jacques feel about Paris?

2. How did the grandmother kill the hen?

3. What was Victor Malan's job?

4. How did the husband respond to the wife?

5. Where did the boys sneak away to in the summer?

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