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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Henri grow up?
(a) On a plantation.
(b) In an orphanage.
(c) In the city.
(d) On a small farm.

2. What did Lucie do in the evenings when Etienne wasn't there?
(a) She lies down doing nothing.
(b) She called her family members on the phone.
(c) She read.
(d) She knitted a blanket.

3. How does Malan describe Jacques?
(a) Hard-working.
(b) Arrogant.
(c) Pushy.
(d) Shy.

4. What was the baby like?
(a) It was a sickly boy.
(b) It was a sturdy boy.
(c) It was a sickly girl.
(d) It was a sturdy girl.

5. What message did he give Jacques?
(a) Education is more important than anything on Earth.
(b) Stay away from marriage.
(c) We never really know people even when we think we know them.
(d) There is no relationship better than that between a father and son.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Jacques feel about siestas?

2. What year did Lucie say she was born?

3. What did Lucie do with the letter announcing her husband's death?

4. How did Henri react to the execution he witnessed?

5. What aura did the man emanate?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Jacques feel about naps?

2. How did Lucie feel about the war her husband died in?

3. How does Malan respond to Jacques' acknowledgment of how he felt about him?

4. Who did Jacques live with in Algiers? What was their neighborhood like?

5. What memory of his father did Jacques receive from his grandmother?

6. Why does Jacques get in trouble when he goes home, and what was his punishment? How does his mother react to the punishment?

7. What did Malan think about Jacques' idea to learn more about his father?

8. What kind of town did Victor Malan live in?

9. What were Jacques' friends like?

10. How did the caretaker help Jacques?

(see the answer keys)

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