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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. How does Henry react to the news that Ralph is returning for a visit?
(a) He is very excited.
(b) He says nothing.
(c) He laughs.
(d) He is depressed and moody.

2. Where does Captain Gault shoot the boy?
(a) In the back.
(b) In the left leg.
(c) In the right shoulder.
(d) In the head.

3. What does Mr. O'Reilly do when he sees Lucy?
(a) Wave.
(b) Turn away.
(c) Walk over for a chat.
(d) Shake his head.

4. In what month was the English afternoon that Everard remembers?
(a) December.
(b) January.
(c) April.
(d) October.

5. What did Aloysius Sullivan's mother say you could find in a child?
(a) The Devil.
(b) Innocence when there seems to be none.
(c) Hope.
(d) Strength of the highest order.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was abandoned while the boys were running away?

2. What does Horahan not dare to do in the chapel?

3. What does Ralph have with Lucy?

4. What does the recruit ask for directions to?

5. What does Heloise long for?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Lucy see her future and present circumstances?

2. What are Lucy's feelings towards Ralph?

3. How does Heloise feel?

4. How is Lucy treated when she returns to school?

5. What do you think will happen to Everard and Heloise Gault?

6. How do the Gaults spend their time in Italy?

7. How does Horahan conduct himself as a soldier?

8. What is the financial and emotional state of Lucy's parents? Where have they gone?

9. How does the porter, and later house painter, feel about what he did when he was injured?

10. Who is the new army recruit? Why has he joined the military?

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