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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 troubles Chips during the winter months in Chapter 16?
(a) His breathing.
(b) His arthritis.
(c) His feet.
(d) His throat.

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

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

4. In Chapter 10, why is the student who Chips asked to stay behind upset?
(a) because he is being bullied.
(b) Because he thinks that he has failed his university exams.
(c) Because his father is aboard the Titanic.
(d) Because his mother is ill.

5. What did Chatteris ask Chips to do in Chapter 13?
(a) Do odd jobs at the school.
(b) Speak to the school boys' parents.
(c) Fundraise for the school.
(d) Privately tutor some students.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Chips consider giving up following Katherine's death??

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

3. In Chapter 12, which school term did Chips miss due to his illness?

4. Where did Chips once travel to that put him off of traveling again?

5. Why did Chips love the summer months?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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