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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Chips recall Sir John Rivers having trouble with in school?
(a) Memorizing poetry.
(b) Pop quizzes.
(c) Mastering multiplication tables.
(d) Mastering his verbs.

2. What troubles Chips during the winter months in Chapter 16?
(a) His throat.
(b) His feet.
(c) His arthritis.
(d) His breathing.

3. During what month of the year was the first former Brookfield student killed in the war?
(a) March.
(b) July.
(c) December.
(d) September.

4. By what date did Chips hope that World War I would be over?
(a) Christmas.
(b) St. Patrick's Day.
(c) Armistice Day.
(d) Easter.

5. What did Chips remember about his student, Gregson?
(a) That he would wear his father's old Brookfield cap.
(b) That he was always late.
(c) That he had a lucky charm.
(d) That he rarely spoke.

6. In Chapter 14, how many bombs had fallen in and around Brookfield?
(a) Three.
(b) Ten.
(c) Eight.
(d) Five.

7. Who became the school's new headmaster?
(a) Robberson.
(b) Ralston.
(c) Randall.
(d) Rankin.

8. Why did Chips love the summer months?
(a) Because he could garden.
(b) Because the days were longer.
(c) Because his former students would visit him.
(d) Because there were many events at Brookfield.

9. What was the most gratifying thing for Chips when he returned to Brookfield?
(a) Having his old office back.
(b) Feeling needed.
(c) Joking with the students again.
(d) Receiving a paycheck again.

10. In Chapter 13, what liquid did Chatteris lament about someone having poured down another man's neck?
(a) Beer.
(b) Ink.
(c) Vinegar.
(d) Water.

11. What did Chips become in the eyes of the students following Katherine's death?
(a) Scary.
(b) Pitiful.
(c) A father figure.
(d) Old.

12. After Meldrum's death, what did Chips hope would happen?
(a) That Chips could retire.
(b) That Chips would be made head of the language department.
(c) That a new passionate headmaster would be hired.
(d) That Chips would be made headmaster.

13. How many Brookfield students died in the Battle of the Somme?
(a) 34.
(b) 18.
(c) 23.
(d) 13.

14. In what area does Ralston feel that Chips has a problem teaching?
(a) Greek pronunciation.
(b) Roman England.
(c) Greek mythology.
(d) Latin pronunciation.

15. Who was the smallest new boy Brookfield had ever had?
(a) Finnegan.
(b) Forrester.
(c) Fairbank.
(d) Fletcher.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose death does Chips recall the new headmaster announcing in Chapter 10?

2. What is the first line in Chapter 13?

3. In Chapter 14, who volunteered to read a passage during class?

4. How does Chips describe the Edwardian decade which followed Queen Victoria's death?

5. Who did Chips controversially include in the list of War dead one Sunday?

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