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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 is the soldier's real name?
(a) Harry St. Clair.
(b) John Gordon.
(c) Anthony Pearson.
(d) Frank Gallson.

2. Where does Myrtle run to after she sees George with Pompey?
(a) The beach.
(b) The river.
(c) The cave.
(d) The lake.

3. Who does Jones bring over to be part of the photograph?
(a) St. Claire.
(b) The boy drummer.
(c) Potter.
(d) George.

4. Where did Pompey Jones meet the photographer he now works for?
(a) Wallesey.
(b) Chester.
(c) Cambridge.
(d) Oxford.

5. Where does Myrtle find George asleep?
(a) Dr. Potter's tent.
(b) The officer's tent.
(c) The medical tent.
(d) The servant's tent.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Dr. Potter want his wife to tell him in her letter?

2. What kind of footwear does Myrtle wear?

3. What poem does Dr. Potter talk about during the group's march?

4. What do the French believe Dr. Potter's tent is?

5. Who does Myrtle have a conversation with about Pompey Jones' character?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Jones think that an angel is watching over Potter?

2. Why does Dr. Potter think that heterosexuality is important?

3. In what way is Myrtle's character strengthened in the fourth chapter?

4. How does Myrtle react to Jones' sexual advances?

5. How does George die?

6. How do the group members keep their minds away from the hardships they witness and experience in Varna?

7. Explain the author's use of foreshadowing in the discussion about survival between Potter and Jones.

8. What reason does Dr. Potter give Myrtle for marrying Beatrice?

9. How does the man with the missing ear die?

10. What do Myrtle and Mrs. Yardley experience on their pony ride?

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