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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Chips and Sir John Rivers take a walk together?
(a) By the river.
(b) Throughout the village.
(c) The school corridor.
(d) The cricket pitches.

2. Which of the following was the topic of the class that Chips taught in Chapter 14?
(a) The Roman arrival in England.
(b) Greek architecture.
(c) Greek philosophy.
(d) Caesar.

3. What did Chips say about the man who delivered a speech in his honor upon his retirement?
(a) That he was famous for emotional speeches.
(b) That he was very kind.
(c) That he came from a family that exaggerated.
(d) That he underestimated what Brookfield meant to Chips.

4. How does Ralston describe Chips' appearance in Chapter 11?
(a) Casual.
(b) Slovenly.
(c) Dapper.
(d) Old-fashioned.

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

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

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

8. How did Chips feel about what he was asked to do after Chatteris' death?
(a) Relieved.
(b) Guilty.
(c) Satisfied.
(d) Devastated.

9. What did Chips consider giving up following Katherine's death??
(a) His inheritance.
(b) His apartment.
(c) His job.
(d) His housemastership.

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

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

12. In Chapter 9, which game was Chips congratulated for playing in a decent way?
(a) Fives.
(b) Soccer.
(c) Tennis.
(d) Badminton.

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

14. Where did Chips NOT often use his money?
(a) At the racetrack.
(b) To help people who were hard on their luck.
(c) The Brookfield Mission.
(d) In School funds.

15. How does Chips think that Ralston was trying to run Brookfield?
(a) Like a nursery school.
(b) Like a factory.
(c) Like an asylum.
(d) Like a prison.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What illness did Chips recall two-thirds of the school once having contracted?

3. What troubles Chips during the winter months in Chapter 16?

4. What was characteristic of the farewell speech that Chips gave on his retirement?

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

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