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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. Why was Lucie afraid?
(a) She was worried that she wouldn't have money to survive.
(b) Two bombs had exploded in her area that week.
(c) She didn't want to die.
(d) She had nightmares about her husband's death when she slept.

2. What happened when the husband knocked on the door at the doctor's house?
(a) People came scurrying out.
(b) The doctor came out, full of concern.
(c) Nothing. No one answered at first.
(d) They yelled at him to leave.

3. How old is Malan?
(a) 65.
(b) 40.
(c) 50.
(d) 55.

4. What was the population like around their new home?
(a) There weren't many people.
(b) It was a city.
(c) There were a few people, but the people shunned them.
(d) It was a friendly neighborhood where families stayed outside in the evenings to talk.

5. Whose grave was the traveler looking for?
(a) Lucie Cormery.
(b) Jacques Cormery.
(c) Henri Cormery.
(d) The Arab.

Short Answer Questions

1. What year did the husband and wife move from Algiers?

2. What aura did the man emanate?

3. Where did Jacques' mother live?

4. How did Jacques feel about Paris?

5. Why was the wife in pain as they traveled?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain where Jacques' father was buried and why.

2. Describe what happened as dusk fell at the graveyard.

3. Lucie lived in the same place where Jacques grew up. What was still the same about it, and what was different?

4. What were their first impressions of their new home and homeland?

5. What kind of games did Jacques and his friends play?

6. What was making Lucie anxious when he visited her?

7. What did Jacques lie to his grandmother about, and what did he learn from the experience?

8. How did Lucie react to the situation she was in?

9. Why did Jacques feel indebted to Malan?

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

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