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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What world did Jacques become most part of?

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

3. What kind of lighting did they have in the house?

4. What type of relationship did students have with teachers at the lycee?

5. What did Jacques help Michel with?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Jacques realize about his father?

2. Describe the attitude of the vets in the soldier's home.

3. Explain what the lycee is and why it was a privilege to go there.

4. Describe how Jacques got to school each day.

5. What handicap did Ernest have, and how did it affect his life?

6. Describe how Lucie reacts to the task and how it makes Jacques feel.

7. Describe what happens when Jacques needs a permission slip signed.

8. How did Ernest feel about his mother?

9. Describe the grandmother's response to his task, and how Jacques feels about it.

10. Why didn't Jacques' mother and grandmother want him to go to the lycee?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the home Jacques grew up in when he lived in Algiers. Who lived with him? What was the neighborhood like? What were some of the challenges they faced living there? Was he happy? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Describe in detail Jacques' idea of a great summer day as he explains it in the book in the chapter "The Child's Games."

Essay Topic 3

There was a shift in roles as Jacques stood by the grave and realized his father was younger than he when he died. Describe how he felt about his father at this point, and explain how it was that Henri was viewed more as a child and Jacques more as the father.

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