As part of an examination required by the Alberta (Canada) Department of Education in order for 12th grade students to receive a diploma in French, this booklet contains the composition component of the January 1988 tests. Divided into three essay questions for a total writing time of 2.5 hours duration, parts one and two of the test require essays that answer or argue a given statement, while part three (the longest section and worth the most credit) asks for a comparison of a character in a short story printed in the booklet with any two other French literary personages who have been studied in any genre of French literature. The booklet provides suggestions for approaches to the last composition, as well as several supplementary sheets for practice writing. (MM)