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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 does George make up to Myrtle?
(a) He takes her out for dinner.
(b) He buys her a horse.
(c) He finds her a better job.
(d) He finds her a husband.

2. What does Pompey Jones tell Myrtle that he knows about?
(a) Myrtle's schooling.
(b) George's dark secrets.
(c) Myrtle's real parents.
(d) George's children.

3. Where does the ship land on the fourteenth of the month?
(a) Kalamita Bay.
(b) Sebastapol Bay.
(c) Crimea Bay.
(d) Varna Bay.

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

5. What name did the soldier use to answer to?
(a) Private Knowlitt.
(b) Private Jones.
(c) Private Knowley.
(d) Private St. Claire.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the ballad that has a profound effect on George?

2. Who does Myrtle ride in the countryside with?

3. Where did Jones meet George after he was barred from the Hardys' house?

4. Why does Myrtle think George rejected her?

5. What rounds up the sheep and takes them away?

Short Essay Questions

1. Summarize the fifth chapter.

2. What does Jones tell Potter he wants from life?

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

4. What is Dr. Potter's opinion of Pompey Jones?

5. How does Myrtle respond to George's death?

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

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

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

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

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

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