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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Ralston ask Chips to do in 1908?
(a) To take over as headmaster.
(b) To work to recruit new students to the school.
(c) To represent the school at a conference.
(d) To retire.

2. In Chapter 10, why is the student who Chips asked to stay behind upset?
(a) Because his mother is ill.
(b) because he is being bullied.
(c) Because he thinks that he has failed his university exams.
(d) Because his father is aboard the Titanic.

3. How old does Chips recall being in Chapter 9?
(a) 48 years old.
(b) 50 years old.
(c) 43 years old.
(d) 39 years old.

4. What did Chatteris ask Chips to do in Chapter 13?
(a) Do odd jobs at the school.
(b) Fundraise for the school.
(c) Speak to the school boys' parents.
(d) Privately tutor some students.

5. What did Chips joke that he thought that a "Wurlitzer" was?
(a) A candy.
(b) A weapon.
(c) A dog breed.
(d) A sausage.

6. How did Meldrum die?
(a) Of pneumonia.
(b) Of old age.
(c) Of a heart attack.
(d) In an accident.

7. Who once visited Brookfield in honor of Speech Day?
(a) David Lloyd George.
(b) Sir Robert Peel.
(c) Stanley Baldwin.
(d) Neville Chamberlain.

8. What did Chips wonder about in Chapter 16?
(a) He wondered about what had happened to his former students.
(b) He wondered whether he could attend the school's year-end party.
(c) He wondered who was now teaching in his old classroom.
(d) He wondered whether England would go to war again.

9. Under Ralston's leadership, what kind of students populated Brookfield the most?
(a) Rich men's sons.
(b) Students with poor grades.
(c) Working class boys.
(d) Students on scholarships.

10. What kind of man was Ralson's replacement?
(a) Disorganized.
(b) Strict.
(c) Friendly.
(d) Artistic.

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

12. Which group of people does Chips make reference to in Chapter 9?
(a) The Gauls.
(b) The Boers.
(c) The Bengalis.
(d) The Zulus.

13. What was the surname of the student whom Chips joked about, which subsequently landed him in trouble?
(a) Irwin.
(b) Inman.
(c) Isaacstein.
(d) Ibarra.

14. When did Chatteris fall?
(a) Winter, 1917.
(b) Summer, 1920.
(c) Autumn, 1920.
(d) Spring, 1917.

15. In Chapter 10, what event is mentioned as having been witnessed by Chips and Katherine?
(a) A speech by Charles Darwin.
(b) Edward VII's coronation procession.
(c) The unveiling of the first steam locomotive.
(d) The Queen's Diamond Jubilee.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Sir John Rivers?

2. During what month of the year was the first former Brookfield student killed in the war?

3. In Chapter 13, why did Chatteris say that the school was suffering?

4. Where did Chips NOT often use his money?

5. After Meldrum's death, what did Chips hope would happen?

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