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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. How did Chips feel about what he was asked to do after Chatteris' death?
(a) Satisfied.
(b) Devastated.
(c) Guilty.
(d) Relieved.

2. How did Ralston claim to have doubled the school's endowment fund?
(a) By investing in the stock exchange.
(b) By employing less staff.
(c) By increasing the number of students.
(d) By cutting teacher salaries.

3. By what date did Chips hope that World War I would be over?
(a) Armistice Day.
(b) Christmas.
(c) Easter.
(d) St. Patrick's Day.

4. Who was Sir John Rivers?
(a) The village mayor.
(b) The owner of the property adjacent to Brookfield.
(c) The father of a Brookfield student.
(d) The Chairman of the Governors.

5. What did Chips remember about his student, Gregson?
(a) That he would wear his father's old Brookfield cap.
(b) That he was always late.
(c) That he rarely spoke.
(d) That he had a lucky charm.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Under Ralston's leadership, what kind of students populated Brookfield the most?

4. What was characteristic of the farewell speech that Chips gave on his retirement?

5. In Chapter 14, how many people were killed in the air raid near Brookfield?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In Chapter 11, what changes was Ralston trying to incorporate into Brookfield school?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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