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

2. In Chapter 14, who volunteered to read a passage during class?
(a) Marshall.
(b) McGill.
(c) Malican.
(d) Maynard.

3. In Chapter 10, who is the student who Chips notices as being upset?
(a) Gregory.
(b) Grayson.
(c) Guillory.
(d) Gordon.

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

5. Which workers went on strike in Chapter 10?
(a) Metal workers.
(b) Railway workers.
(c) Miners.
(d) Healthcare workers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did everyone notice about Chips after Katherine's death?

2. In Chapter 13, what liquid did Chatteris lament about someone having poured down another man's neck?

3. What does Chips remember doing in a ritualistic way in Chapter 9?

4. What was the surname of the student whom Chips joked about, which subsequently landed him in trouble?

5. In Chapter 13, what does Chatteris hope that Chips will be able to do to help him?

Short Essay Questions

1. Which dignitary does Chips remember visiting the school? How did Chips feel about that person?

2. In Chapter 16, what does Chips feel while reflecting on the years of World War I?

3. What happened after Headmaster Meldrum died?

4. Why did Chatteris say that Brookfield needed Chips to return?

5. What financial arrangements does Chips make in Chapter 16?

6. What did Chips do in his retirement? What was a topic of conversation at many dinners that Chips attended?

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

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

9. How did word of Chips' and Ralston's argument spread throughout the school? What was the reaction from the staff and students?

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

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