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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 did Chips discover in himself after having had Katherine in his life?
(a) An impatience for stupidity.
(b) A love for athletics.
(c) Confidence in his writing.
(d) Pride in his work.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many Brookfield students died in the Battle of the Somme?

2. Who was Sir John Rivers?

3. After Meldrum's death, what did Chips hope would happen?

4. In Chapter 10, what event is mentioned as having been witnessed by Chips and Katherine?

5. What does Chips note that one of the new teachers at Brookfield allows his class to do?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What did everyone seem to accept about Chips following Katherine's death?

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

5. In Chapter 16, what does Chips note that he enjoys doing in winter and summer?

6. In Chapter 13, what would Chips sit and listen to every Saturday night?

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

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

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

10. Where did Ralston go after resigning from Brookfield? Who replaced him?

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