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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What did Chips struggle with while reading the list of War dead?
(a) Seeing the list without his glasses.
(b) Holding back tears.
(c) Pronouncing names.
(d) Speaking loudly and clearly.

7. What does Chips remember doing in a ritualistic way in Chapter 9?
(a) Walking to the school.
(b) Planning lessons.
(c) Marking papers.
(d) Making roll call.

8. Why did Ralston leave Brookfield?
(a) Because he fell ill.
(b) To take care of his sick father.
(c) Because he was fired.
(d) To better himself.

9. In Chapter 13, what does Chatteris hope that Chips will be able to do to help him?
(a) Raise enough money to keep the school going.
(b) Hold the school together.
(c) Improve the students' test scores.
(d) Convince the parents that all is well.

10. How did Chips deal with tense situations at the school?
(a) By doling out punishments.
(b) By poking fun at them.
(c) By ignoring them.
(d) By referring them to Chatteris to handle.

11. Who was Sir John Rivers?
(a) The village mayor.
(b) The owner of the property adjacent to Brookfield.
(c) The Chairman of the Governors.
(d) The father of a Brookfield student.

12. What did Chips consider the comment, "He still has 'em" to mean?
(a) That he was still able to hold an audience's attention.
(b) That he could still get away with anything.
(c) That he still had sense and vitality.
(d) That he still had dignity and generosity.

13. How did Chips feel when he looked at what was happening around the world in the post-War decade?
(a) Angry.
(b) Disappointed.
(c) Hopeful.
(d) Relieved.

14. What do we find out eventually happened to the boy who Chips noticed as being upset in Chapter 10?
(a) That he became a doctor.
(b) That he pursued a career in politics.
(c) That he died.
(d) That he graduated from Cambridge University.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When he retired, how many years had Chips been at Brookfield?

2. What did Chips consider giving up following Katherine's death??

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

4. What did Chips discover in himself after having had Katherine in his life?

5. What medical condition did Chatteris have?

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