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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. Weir tells Stephen that ___________________ is all he has.
(a) His religion.
(b) His money.
(c) His wife.
(d) His life.

2. What does Stephen learn after he is rescued from the tunnel?
(a) He has lost his hearing.
(b) The Germans have captured his post.
(c) He is a prisoner of war.
(d) The war is over.

3. What is the only thing the person Elizabeth contacted can say about Stephen?
(a) Everyone thought he was mad.
(b) He was the most courageous of all of the men.
(c) He was very loyal.
(d) He was always telling jokes.

4. Who is Elizabeth's grandfather?
(a) Jack.
(b) Stephen.
(c) Eddie.
(d) Marcus.

5. Stephen sometimes loves his men for their __________________, but sometimes feels contempt for them.
(a) Singing.
(b) Generosity.
(c) Courage.
(d) Loyalty.

Short Answer Questions

1. Isabelle thinks that Stephen has ______________________.

2. Stephen's indifference stems from too much __________________.

3. What is the name of the man in #113?

4. Who is Elizabeth's married boyfriend?

5. What is Stephen doing when he sees Jeanne Fourmentier?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why is Stephen being pressured to take an office job during the war?

3. What unusual relationship develops between Stephen and Levi?

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

5. What does Jeanne tell Stephen about Isabelle since the time she left Stephen?

6. How is Elizabeth unlike her grandmother regarding her pregnancy?

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

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

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

10. What mixed feelings does Stephen have for his men and himself?

(see the answer keys)

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