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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 fruit does Potter say saved his and Myrtle's life?
(a) A pear.
(b) A banana.
(c) An apple.
(d) An orange.

2. What is the name of the young lieutenant Potter and George have dinner with?
(a) Jerome.
(b) Frampton.
(c) Gormsby.
(d) Davies.

3. What were the trumpeter's last words?
(a) Good Lordy! Another day.
(b) I will see most of you very soon.
(c) Say goodbye to my mother.
(d) Is that the time already.

4. Who does Myrtle have a conversation with about Pompey Jones' character?
(a) George.
(b) The Colonel.
(c) Dr. Potter.
(d) Mrs. Yardley.

5. Who does the photographer tell Jones he wants to take a photograph of?
(a) The nurses.
(b) The dead.
(c) The doctors.
(d) The survivors.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the crew do with the dead bodies on the ship?

2. What does Dr. Potter have to pick off his leg of mutton?

3. What does Pompey Jones tell Myrtle that he knows about?

4. What is the name of the mountain the group is two miles from?

5. Where does the soldier shoot himself to get out of fighting?

Short Essay Questions

1. Summarize the fifth chapter.

2. How does George die?

3. Why did George not meet Myrtle?

4. Why do the soldiers set up camp above the Tchernaya valley?

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

6. Describe the group's sea journey.

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

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

9. How does Pompey say he tricked the woman to whom he gave the duck?

10. Summarize the fourth chapter.

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