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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did Jacques have time to do what he wanted?
(a) Never.
(b) Thursday and Sunday afternoons.
(c) Saturdays.
(d) Saturdays and Sundays.

2. What type of relationship did students have with teachers at the lycee?
(a) They weren't close, but there was respect.
(b) The teachers were aloof and had no respect for the students.
(c) They almost had a parent/child relationship.
(d) They students silently resented the teachers.

3. Where did Pierre and Jacques spend some of their free time?
(a) They rode the trolley around town.
(b) At the soldier's home.
(c) At the lycee, talking with tutors.
(d) Studying in the cellar.

4. What gift did the teacher give the older Jacques?
(a) Some money.
(b) A handkerchief.
(c) The book he had read in class.
(d) The ruler he used to smack the children with.

5. How did Jacques feel when he got into the school of higher education?
(a) He felt like he deserved it.
(b) Happy, but bereft as his teacher left.
(c) It made him somewhat sad.
(d) He regretted his decision to try for it.

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

7. Who was the old man with the canary that Jacques went to visit?
(a) His best friend from childhood.
(b) His former teacher.
(c) His uncle.
(d) His old boss.

8. What did people think about Ernest?
(a) He was stupid.
(b) He was good-natured and generous.
(c) He was a recluse.
(d) He was mean.

9. What did the Cormerys do on vacation?
(a) They didn't get vacations.
(b) They went to the mountains.
(c) They took trips to the beach.
(d) They worked on their house.

10. What did Jacques feel about summer camp?
(a) He hoped to work at the camp someday.
(b) He couldn't wait to go.
(c) He thought it more of a punishment than a privilege.
(d) It was his escape from his poverty.

11. What was Jacques' punishment for the fight he was in?
(a) He was whipped.
(b) He was suspended from school.
(c) He had to stay in the corner and miss recess.
(d) He was sent home.

12. What did Jacques consider his country?
(a) England.
(b) France.
(c) Algeria.
(d) Spain.

13. How was the outside in comparison to the hallway?
(a) Ominous.
(b) Haunting.
(c) Darker.
(d) Lighter.

14. What had changed since Henri and Lucie lived there?
(a) Nothing.
(b) The house was bigger.
(c) Everything was even more dilapidated.
(d) Everything. All the original buildings were gone.

15. What was the political situation like?
(a) There were negotiations for peace.
(b) It was a time of unrest, and it wasn't safe to live there.
(c) It was a time of peace.
(d) Things were about to blow apart into warfare.

Short Answer Questions

1. What were people drawn to in Ernest, including Jacques' grandmother?

2. What did Jacques like in his library books?

3. How did Jacques feel about making money for his family?

4. What did Pierre and Jacques pass on the way to school?

5. What did Jacques help Michel with?

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