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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 Jeanne admit to Stephen?
(a) She loves him.
(b) Isabelle loves him.
(c) He has a daughter.
(d) Isabelle has died.

2. What does Elizabeth know about Robert?
(a) He is very ill.
(b) He is a genius.
(c) He will never leave his wife.
(d) He is cowardly.

3. How does Stephen pass the night and next day awaiting his meeting with Jeanne?
(a) Fitful.
(b) Sleeping.
(c) Frantic.
(d) Calm.

4. Who does Elizabeth ask for help in decoding the notebooks?
(a) Bob.
(b) Bill.
(c) Charlie.
(d) Phil.

5. What does Stephen promise the German soldier who rescues him?
(a) To name his son after him.
(b) To write about him in his diary.
(c) To write to him when he returns home.
(d) To send him some photographs.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the only thing the person Elizabeth contacted can say about Stephen?

2. Which of the following is NOT one of the men working in a tunnel with Stephen?

3. What does Stephen buy from a rude salesman in Norfolk?

4. What organization does Elizabeth visit in Buckinghamshire to try to learn more about Stephen?

5. How long has it been since Elizabeth gave Bob the diary and he has had no progress with it?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Elizabeth and why does she have an interest in learning about her family's history?

2. What promise does Stephen make to Jack before he dies in the tunnel?

3. What is Stephen's state of mind after Weir's death and what does Jeanne encourage him to do?

4. Why does Elizabeth focus her family history search on World War I?

5. How does Jeanne make Stephen feel when he visits her?

6. What shocks Jeanne about Stephen's appearance when he visit her during his leave?

7. Why is Elizabeth unable to read her grandfather's notebooks found in her mother's attic?

8. What accounts for Stephen's indifference when he returns to the Front in 1918 France?

9. What unusual relationship develops between Stephen and Levi?

10. What is Weir's response when Stephen asks him why he is so anxious to survive?

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