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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 Robert answer Elizabeth when she asks him about when he will marry her?
(a) He is no longer in love with him.
(b) He is no good for Elizabeth.
(c) His wife won't divorce him.
(d) He will initiate a divorce soon.

2. How does Weir die?
(a) He receives a bayonet injury.
(b) He is blown up by a grenade.
(c) A sniper shoots him in the head.
(d) He drowns.

3. How long has it been since Elizabeth gave Bob the diary and he has had no progress with it?
(a) Six months.
(b) One week.
(c) Two months.
(d) Four weeks.

4. Who is Francoise?
(a) Robert's wife.
(b) Elizabeth's housekeeper.
(c) Chloe's sister.
(d) Elizabeth's mother.

5. What is the content of the letter Stephen receives from Jeanne?
(a) Jeanne asks him to dinner.
(b) Isabelle would like him to visit again.
(c) Isabelle has gone to Munich.
(d) Isabelle is distraught at having seen him.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Elizabeth's mother live?

2. What shocks Jeanne about Stephen's appearance?

3. Why does Francoise call Elizabeth on a Saturday afternoon?

4. What does Stephen recall when he visits Amiens?

5. Where is the climactic explosion in the tunneling work?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Elizabeth learn about Stephen from his diary after Bob has cracked the code?

2. What unusual relationship develops between Stephen and Levi?

3. Why does Jeanne hope to help Stephen who admits that he has lost reality?

4. Isabelle is in love with Max, but in what way does her love for Stephen exist?

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

6. Who is the German officer who tries to locate Stephen and what has alerted him to his location in the tunnel?

7. How does Elizabeth's life parallel Stephen's life regarding love?

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

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

10. What does Stephen do on his leave in England?

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