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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 12, what was read every Sunday night during Chapel service?
(a) Letters from soldiers.
(b) The names of fallen former students.
(c) Weekly messages from the King.
(d) The local newspaper.

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

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

4. In what year did Chips retire?
(a) 1922.
(b) 1913.
(c) 1926.
(d) 1919.

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

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

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

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

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

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

11. What began to spring up quite near to Brookfield in 1915?
(a) Military camps.
(b) Refugee camps.
(c) Airfields.
(d) Low-cost housing.

12. How is Ralston described in Chapter 11?
(a) As a loose cannon.
(b) As a live wire.
(c) As a punching bag.
(d) As a hot head.

13. What did Brookfield boys do during the 1926 General Strike?
(a) They walked the picket line in support.
(b) The collected clothing for the poor.
(c) They loaded vans with food.
(d) They stayed confined to their dormitories.

14. When he retired, how many years had Chips been at Brookfield?
(a) 42 years.
(b) 47 years.
(c) 50 years.
(d) 52 years.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 10, why is the student who Chips asked to stay behind upset?

2. What did Chips consider the comment, "He still has 'em" to mean?

3. How did Ralston claim to have doubled the school's endowment fund?

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

5. What kind of style did the new headmaster have?

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