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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 Stephen do to the prostitute in anger?
(a) Cuts her leg with his knife.
(b) Throws her down a staircase.
(c) Slaps her.
(d) Leaves her out in the cold weather.

2. Who is Jack's wife?
(a) Margaret.
(b) Janice.
(c) Alice.
(d) Mary.

3. Captain Gray tells Stephen that they are planning to attack at the River _______________ very soon.
(a) Seille.
(b) Loire.
(c) Ancre.
(d) Aujon.

4. What lie does Isabelle tell the Berards about how she spent her afternoon?
(a) She went shopping.
(b) She took a long nap.
(c) She worked on her needlepoint.
(d) She read a book.

5. What is Stephen's last name?
(a) Wainscott.
(b) Wraysford.
(c) Weatherley.
(d) Wright.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mme. Azarie show Stephen how to do in the garden?

2. Stephen and Isabelle celebrate Stephen's ___________________ birthday together.

3. What does Stephen give to Lisette at lunch?

4. What does the phrase, "he was put over the wall" mean?

5. Why does Stephen try to be fearless in the war?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is it that Stephen does not love his men as Captain Gray urges him to do?

2. What does Isabelle know her life will be when Stephen returns to England?

3. What does Stephen tell Weir when he wants to hear something other than war talk?

4. Why has Stephen come to France?

5. Why does Stephen feel that he cannot return to England when his employer tells him to do so?

6. What does Jack's letter from his wife foreshadow?

7. Why does the prostitute forgive Stephen for cutting her leg?

8. How does Azaire learn that Isabelle is running away with Stephen?

9. What is Stephen's nighttime ritual which will become important later in the book?

10. What are some things that could account for the contentious nature between Azaire and Isabelle?

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