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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 does Chips note that one of the new teachers at Brookfield allows his class to do?
(a) To wear clothing other than their school uniforms.
(b) To call him by his first name.
(c) To miss class without punishment.
(d) To invite girls to visit at the school.

2. What fraying threadbare article of clothing did Chips wear in Chapter 9?
(a) His cardigan.
(b) His gown.
(c) His slippers.
(d) His trench coat.

3. What illness did Chips recall two-thirds of the school once having contracted?
(a) Bronchitis.
(b) Chicken pox.
(c) Scarlet Fever.
(d) German measles.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose death does Chips recall the new headmaster announcing in Chapter 10?

2. What did Ralston ask Chips to do in 1908?

3. How did Chips feel when he looked at what was happening around the world in the post-War decade?

4. Why did Chips love the summer months?

5. What was the most gratifying thing for Chips when he returned to Brookfield?

Short Essay Questions

1. When did Chips arrive at the decision to retire?

2. When did Chips take his second retirement?

3. How did having Katherine in his life help Chips survive after her death?

4. What troubles did Chatteris tell Chips about in Chapter 13?

5. What did Chips do when he led a class during a bombing?

6. Who was Sir John Rivers, and what message did he take to Chips in Chapter 11?

7. In Chapter 10, what event does Chips recall witnessing? What did it make him consider about England's future?

8. What does Chips still have memorized in Chapter 9?

9. In Chapter 14, what did Mr. Chips do that some people found inappropriate?

10. What did Chips say to his students in his farewell speech?

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