<p>Oh my....I didn't understand the "rosseu" (?) word in the snake passage, so I thought the child was actually scared of the snake as it approached. Ah, so I got that "how did the child show he's brave" question wrong.......</p>
<p>what was the answer to that question?</p>
<p>i was considering taking this italian or some language as a joke since ive had neither of them--would i have passed?</p>
<p>blueflame: i dont remember that question particularly but the boy showed he's brave by actually letting the snake eat the "rosseu" all the way to his fingers</p>
<p>I found it pretty easy and skipped only a question, the one asking where was the boy who took the key.</p>
<p>The passage about the key I thought he was trying to escape from the room or something. I simply did not get it.</p>
<p>what was last year's curve?</p>
<p>omg that snake passage really confused me. From the vocabs, I made up the story that the boy didnt want to play with his father so his mom got him to play with snakes and that he had more fun with the snakes than with his dad.</p>
<p>I didn't take the French test today, but I think the story with the snake was taken from a book I read for my French class last year. It was called L'Enfant Noir by Camara Laye. The part with the snake was the most interesting part of the book, and it happens at the very beginning, unfortunately.</p>
<p>rockermrc,</p>
<p>are you sure it's an exerpt from L'Enfant Noir? We "sorta" studied that last year in French class by reading exerpts from it and watching the movie. I definitely don't remember seeing whatever I read on last sat's test in the movie, though....</p>
<p>Well I remember the first chapter being about the boy going outside and seeing a snake. There were a few pages going into detail about what he and the snake were doing, and then one of the kid's parent's friends came to rescue him. The rest of the chapter goes on to talk about how the snake is the god of the boy's race, and stuff like that. Was the snake in the test black? If it was, I'm pretty sure we're talking about the same thing.</p>
<p>Do you guys remember what the questions asked?</p>
<p>Sorry for going slightly off topic, but can anyone here recommend one or two good study guides for this test?</p>
<p>blueflame: do you mean the questions of the passage involving the snake?
-how did the child show he's brave
-who rescued him
-why did he feel safe (or something similar, don't remember the exact word) the answer: because from where he was, he could hear his parents voices
-what captured his attention (the snake)
don't remember if there was another question...
the passage was taken from the book l'enfant noir</p>
<p>Yeah... The more I think about it, the surer I am that it's from L'Enfant Noir.</p>
<p>I finally found a link to the curves- it has other test curves too</p>
<p>French w/o listening
85 to 75 = 800
74 = 790
73 & 72 = 780
71 = 770
70 & 69 = 760
68 = 750
67 & 66 = 740
65 = 730
64 & 63 = 720
62 & 61 = 710
60 & 59 = 700
58 = 690
57 & 56 = 680
55 & 54 = 670
53 & 52 = 660
51 = 650</p>
<p>34 points off and STILL a 650?? That seems to be TOO generous, doesn't it?</p>
<p>That curve is right. I have the bluebook.</p>
<p>teh curve may seem too generous, but its incredibly easy to get off those many ponits b/c blank answers (where I had ilke seven) and mistakes. Out of my test-taking experience, I have the most doubt with this 1 in terms of ansers</p>