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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Nicholas find in one of the library books in his bedroom?
(a) The life history of Conchis.
(b) Pictures of various members of the village.
(c) A pictorial documentation of the female breast.
(d) Books about art.

2. Which of the following terms describes how Conchis saved his own life and got out of France?
(a) Duplicitous means.
(b) Wounded in action.
(c) Honorably discharged.
(d) Leaving the war without permission.

3. What kind of habitation does Nicholas notice near the villa?
(a) Animal habitation.
(b) Bird habitation.
(c) Masculine habitation.
(d) Feminine habitation.

4. What has changed in Nicholas' room?
(a) New bed.
(b) New reading material.
(c) New art work.
(d) New clothing.

5. Where does Nicholas go after he leaves the school on the morning of his return?
(a) Directly to the villa.
(b) To walk on the beach.
(c) To meet Alison.
(d) Fishing huts on the coast.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following characters was Nicholas' predecessor at the school?

2. Which of the following terms best describes how Nicholas feels about his experiences at the school so far?

3. What does Conchis insist in regard to Nicholas?

4. What does Nicholas do when he returns to his room instead of preparing to sleep?

5. How does Nicholas respond when Alison indicates her desire to have sex with Nicholas?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Lily admit to Nicholas while they are together on the beach after lunch?

2. How does Nicholas feel about the boys and his colleagues at the school?

3. As Alison and Nicholas walk back toward town, what does Nicholas become more aware of and what does he then tell Alison as a result?

4. What does Conchis tell Nicholas happened to him after he safely makes it back to England?

5. How does Conchis describe the series of events that brought him to where he is today and how does he indicate it has affected him?

6. What realization does Nicholas come to in regard to Alison and then about himself?

7. What does Nicholas read and what is it about?

8. What discovery does Nicholas make in Conchis' home and what very specific information about one of the items does Nicholas learn?

9. What four events does Conchis share with Nicholas as he begins the story of his life?

10. What does Nicholas think Conchis is doing to him and how does that relate to Levierre and Mitford?

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