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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. What does Jacques tell Malan he's willing to give him?
(a) Everything he has.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Rent money.
(d) Money for a train ride.

2. Why did the women laugh when the doctor arrived?
(a) He was joking with them.
(b) He looked like a drowned rat.
(c) The baby was already born.
(d) They thought he was a fool.

3. What did the boys fill their pockets with?
(a) Garbage.
(b) Stones.
(c) Fruit.
(d) Candy.

4. How did Jacques feel about siestas?
(a) He found them relaxing and pleasant.
(b) He hated them.
(c) He knew he needed them.
(d) He looked forward to going to bed.

5. What aura did the man emanate?
(a) One of insecurity.
(b) One of competence and vigor.
(c) One of intrigue.
(d) One of menace.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Jacques feel about Paris?

2. How did the man travel?

3. How did Jacques feel about his father?

4. How did Jacques feel about being on a boat?

5. Who was the traveler?

Short Essay Questions

1. What parenting experience did Henri and Lucie have?

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

3. Describe how Jacques felt about France, and how he felt about Algiers.

4. Why was soccer an issue in the household?

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

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

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

8. How did Jacques and his mother greet each other? How did Lucie prepare for him?

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

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

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