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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following best defines the term untoward when used to describe Jack Graves' school chum?
(a) Pessimistic
(b) Inappropriate
(c) Disadvantagous
(d) Unlucky

2. Where did Graves and George Mallory become good friends?
(a) Parent's home
(b) Charterhouse
(c) Oxford
(d) Germany

3. Which of the following people did Graves meet during his final year in school who was also a famous mountaineer?
(a) George Mallory
(b) Raymond Rodakowski
(c) Nevill Barbour
(d) Dick Snowdon

4. How many days did it take Graves to travel 17 miles when he was transferred?
(a) 2 days
(b) 2 months
(c) 1 day
(d) 1 week

5. What injury did Graves suffer?
(a) Broken leg
(b) Bullet wound
(c) Broken nose
(d) Rib fracture

6. Why were Graves' clothing and possessions considered second-rate?
(a) His parents did not provide pocket money
(b) Graves did not care about his appearance
(c) His parents were not wealthy
(d) Graves kept money for other things he wanted to do rather than to buy clothing

7. What were the ribbons which the Royal Welch Fusiliers wore on the back of their dress tunics called?
(a) Service
(b) Dress
(c) Honorable
(d) Flash

8. Which disease did Graves believe resulted mostly from low morale?
(a) Neurathenia
(b) Trench feet
(c) Alcoholism
(d) Suicide

9. In what form was Chapter 13 originally composed?
(a) Personal letters
(b) Oral dictation
(c) Personal narrative
(d) Diary entries

10. Where did Graves go on leave during Chapter 15?
(a) Vermelles
(b) Paris
(c) Madrid
(d) London

11. In what sport did Graves win a first place prize?
(a) Cricket
(b) None
(c) Football
(d) Boxing

12. How long after Graves finished school at Charterhouse did it take before England declared war on Germany?
(a) One week
(b) Two weeks
(c) One month
(d) Two days

13. Where did Graves spend at least five of his summers while he was a child?
(a) England
(b) Germany
(c) France
(d) Ireland

14. To what rank was Graves gazetted during Chapter 16?
(a) Colonel
(b) General
(c) Major
(d) Captain

15. What happened to nearly all of Graves' relatives who fought in the German armed forces?
(a) Killed in action
(b) Defected to England
(c) Were war heros
(d) Went AWOL

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following did Graves indicate was not rampant among the officers?

2. What were the English exultant to receive their first shipment of?

3. What did many of the English soldiers do routinely before a mass attack?

4. In what year did Graves indicate Chapter 12 was originally written?

5. Which of the following is the best definition for the term desultory as used to describe German shelling?

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