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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was Brookfield School established?
(a) Victorian times.
(b) Regency times.
(c) Tudor times.
(d) Elizabethan times.

2. Who is Mrs. Wickett?
(a) Chips' landlady.
(b) Chips' neighbor.
(c) Chips' nurse.
(d) Chips' colleague.

3. What kind of trees surround Brookfield?
(a) Pines.
(b) Maples.
(c) Oaks.
(d) Elms.

4. Chips usually asked his tea guest(s) questions about which of the following?
(a) The news headlines.
(b) The weather.
(c) Their taste in art.
(d) Family.

5. Who mainly comprised the student population of Brookfield?
(a) Boys from the middle-class.
(b) Boys from the working class.
(c) Boys from privileged familes.
(d) Boys intending to study medicine.

6. What did Mrs. Wickett once do at Brookfield?
(a) She ran the linen room.
(b) She cleaned the dormitory.
(c) She ran the book room.
(d) She taught French.

7. In Chapter 5, what did Chips tell Katherine that he would never achieve?
(a) Fame.
(b) A sizeable fortune.
(c) A promotion.
(d) A political office.

8. What did Katherine say to Chips the night before their wedding?
(a) I love you, Chippingham.
(b) Tomorrow, we begin our future.
(c) Good-bye, Mr. Chips.
(d) Pleasant dreams, Chips.

9. Which of the following did Chips become more skillful at after marrying Katherine?
(a) Dealing with parents.
(b) Cooking.
(c) Balancing his personal and work lives.
(d) Discipline.

10. In Chapter 3, why was it assumed that Chips had trouble making tea?
(a) Because he was relying on Mrs. Wickett too much.
(b) Because he was old.
(c) Because he was trying to trick someone else into making it.
(d) Because he was a lifelong bachelor.

11. Who was the first boy whom Chips punished at the school?
(a) Christie.
(b) Cooper.
(c) Colley.
(d) Connell.

12. In Chapter 6, how did the students react to the changed Mr. Chips?
(a) They started mocking him.
(b) Their admiration for him grew.
(c) They became fearful of him.
(d) They were annoyed by his confidence.

13. How did Katherine usually advise Chips to discipline the students?
(a) With leniency.
(b) With pity.
(c) With severity.
(d) With understanding.

14. What was the year that Mr. Chips was born?
(a) 1890.
(b) 1848.
(c) 1851.
(d) 1833.

15. Where is the house that Mr. Chips lives in?
(a) Next to a cemetery.
(b) On a hill.
(c) Half an hour away from the school.
(d) Across from the school.

Short Answer Questions

1. What types of novels does Mr. Chips like to read?

2. In Chapter 6, who visited Chips years later and asked about Katherine?

3. How did Katherine feel when she found out that Chips was a teacher?

4. In Chapter 7, which of the following does Chips think that he should treasure?

5. Which of the following does Chips NOT have within his memories of his surroundings of the night before his wedding?

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