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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Chips deal with tense situations at the school?

2. How did Ralston feel about Chips?

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

4. How does Chips describe the Edwardian decade which followed Queen Victoria's death?

5. What do we find out eventually happened to the boy who Chips noticed as being upset in Chapter 10?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Chips and Headmaster Ralston argue about in Chapter 11?

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. What relationship proved to be somewhat controversial for Chips in Chapter 10?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is a character foil? Who is Chips' character foil in "Good-bye, Mr. Chips"? Why is that character Chips' character foil?

Essay Topic 2

What is an anecdote? What are some examples of anecdotes in "Good-bye, Mr. Chips"? How do those anecdotes affect the tone of the novel?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Hilton's use of foreshadowing. What are some examples of foreshadowing in the novel? What purpose might those examples serve?

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