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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Chips consider giving up following Katherine's death??
(a) His apartment.
(b) His inheritance.
(c) His housemastership.
(d) His job.

2. Who was Sir John Rivers?
(a) The village mayor.
(b) The father of a Brookfield student.
(c) The owner of the property adjacent to Brookfield.
(d) The Chairman of the Governors.

3. What does Chips remember doing in a ritualistic way in Chapter 9?
(a) Marking papers.
(b) Making roll call.
(c) Planning lessons.
(d) Walking to the school.

4. How did Ralston feel about Chips?
(a) He distrusted him.
(b) He admired him.
(c) He disliked him.
(d) He respected him.

5. What was the surname of the student whom Chips joked about, which subsequently landed him in trouble?
(a) Isaacstein.
(b) Ibarra.
(c) Irwin.
(d) Inman.

6. In Chapter 13, why did Chatteris say that the school was suffering?
(a) Because most of the teachers were fighting in the War.
(b) Because the school was running out of operational funds.
(c) Because the building was in need of repairs.
(d) Because many students were being withdrawn by their families.

7. In Chapter 12, what was read every Sunday night during Chapel service?
(a) The names of fallen former students.
(b) The local newspaper.
(c) Weekly messages from the King.
(d) Letters from soldiers.

8. What does Chips note that one of the new teachers at Brookfield allows his class to do?
(a) To miss class without punishment.
(b) To invite girls to visit at the school.
(c) To wear clothing other than their school uniforms.
(d) To call him by his first name.

9. What began to spring up quite near to Brookfield in 1915?
(a) Low-cost housing.
(b) Refugee camps.
(c) Military camps.
(d) Airfields.

10. In what year did Chips retire?
(a) 1913.
(b) 1919.
(c) 1926.
(d) 1922.

11. Which workers went on strike in Chapter 10?
(a) Miners.
(b) Metal workers.
(c) Railway workers.
(d) Healthcare workers.

12. What fraying threadbare article of clothing did Chips wear in Chapter 9?
(a) His gown.
(b) His cardigan.
(c) His slippers.
(d) His trench coat.

13. What is the first line in Chapter 13?
(a) "The War Years".
(b) "Good-bye, Mr. Chips".
(c) "Retirement was a bore".
(d) "Will you be wanting anything else, sir?"

14. In Chapter 14, who volunteered to read a passage during class?
(a) Malican.
(b) McGill.
(c) Marshall.
(d) Maynard.

15. What 'first' did Chips recall seeing while at Brookfield?
(a) A bicycle.
(b) An automobile.
(c) A telephone.
(d) An airplane.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of style did the new headmaster have?

2. Where did Chips and Sir John Rivers take a walk together?

3. Who became the school's new headmaster?

4. Someone in Chapter 9 states that Chips 'gets away with' which of the following?

5. Where did Chips once travel to that put him off of traveling again?

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