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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 and Sir John Rivers take a walk together?
(a) The cricket pitches.
(b) Throughout the village.
(c) The school corridor.
(d) By the river.

2. What did Chips wonder about in Chapter 16?
(a) He wondered whether England would go to war again.
(b) He wondered about what had happened to his former students.
(c) He wondered who was now teaching in his old classroom.
(d) He wondered whether he could attend the school's year-end party.

3. What did Chips become in the eyes of the students following Katherine's death?
(a) A father figure.
(b) Scary.
(c) Old.
(d) Pitiful.

4. After Meldrum's death, what did Chips hope would happen?
(a) That a new passionate headmaster would be hired.
(b) That Chips would be made head of the language department.
(c) That Chips would be made headmaster.
(d) That Chips could retire.

5. Whose death does Chips recall the new headmaster announcing in Chapter 10?
(a) King Edward VII's.
(b) Queen Victoria's.
(c) King George V's.
(d) The Duke of York's.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Someone in Chapter 9 states that Chips 'gets away with' which of the following?

3. Who was named as Ralston's replacement?

4. Who was the smallest new boy Brookfield had ever had?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What troubled a student named Grayson in Chapter 10?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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