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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. In Chapter 13, why did Chatteris say that the school was suffering?
(a) Because the building was in need of repairs.
(b) Because the school was running out of operational funds.
(c) Because most of the teachers were fighting in the War.
(d) Because many students were being withdrawn by their families.

2. What was Chips asked to do following Chatteris' death?
(a) Find Chatteris' replacement.
(b) Prepare for the school closure.
(c) Retire again.
(d) Act as headmaster at Brookfield.

3. What illness forced Chips to leave the school for a while?
(a) Bronchitis.
(b) Measles.
(c) Shingles.
(d) Pneumonia.

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

5. Who was named as Ralston's replacement?
(a) Chambers.
(b) Chatteris.
(c) Childers.
(d) Chappell.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. In Chapter 12, what was read every Sunday night during Chapel service?

4. What did Chips say about the man who delivered a speech in his honor upon his retirement?

5. In Chapter 14, who volunteered to read a passage during class?

Short Essay Questions

1. When did Chips take his second retirement?

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

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

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

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

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

7. What did Chatteris ask Chips to do since many younger teachers were away fighting in the War?

8. What happened after Headmaster Meldrum died?

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

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

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