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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What instrument did Katherine play?
(a) The violin.
(b) The piano.
(c) The flute.
(d) The cello.

2. How did Katherine usually advise Chips to discipline the students?
(a) With severity.
(b) With leniency.
(c) With pity.
(d) With understanding.

3. In Chapter 3, why was it assumed that Chips had trouble making tea?
(a) Because he was relying on Mrs. Wickett too much.
(b) Because he was a lifelong bachelor.
(c) Because he was trying to trick someone else into making it.
(d) Because he was old.

4. How did Katherine feel when she found out that Chips was a teacher?
(a) Disappointed.
(b) Excited.
(c) Relieved.
(d) Deceived.

5. When was Brookfield School established?
(a) Tudor times.
(b) Regency times.
(c) Elizabethan times.
(d) Victorian times.

Short Answer Questions

1. To which of the following did Chips equate his tendency to be secretive?

2. In Chapter 7, which of the following does Chips think that he should treasure?

3. How long had Chips taught at Brookfield before his marriage?

4. Chips usually asked his tea guest(s) questions about which of the following?

5. Where is the house that Mr. Chips lives in?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Chips like living near Brookfield School?

2. What does Brookfield's description as a second-rank school mean?

3. In Chapter 3, what are the boys who visit Chips for tea mistaken about?

4. How did Katherine bring about a change in Chips' career?

5. What does Chips think has dulled in intensity with time?

6. What is ironic about Chips' efforts to go to Katherine's aid in Chapter 4?

7. What did Chips' dream of doing when he was young?

8. Who is Mrs. Wickett? What does Dr. Merivale tell her about Chips' health?

9. What did Chips hear happened to the visitor whom he had in Chapter 6?

10. What does Katherine say to Chips on the evening before their wedding?

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