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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old was Claudia when she prayed for God to kill her brother because he could outrun her?
(a) 6.
(b) 31.
(c) 12.
(d) 9.

2. How did the World War II soldiers that Claudia worked around disguise their horror?
(a) With banal language.
(b) By taking drugs.
(c) They couldn't.
(d) With vandalism.

3. What is Claudia's favorite memory about the flower she receives from Sylvia in the hospital?
(a) Seeing it bloom in the hills of Holland.
(b) It was part of her wedding bouquet.
(c) Seeing it bloom in the desert with Tom.
(d) It was part of the funeral flowers when her father died.

4. Where does Claudia recall having drinks with Tom during his leave?
(a) Caesar's Palace.
(b) Summer Season.
(c) Cairo Palace.
(d) Winter Palace.

5. Why doesn't Lisa tell her mother about her affair?
(a) Her mother might tell her husband.
(b) Her mother would disapprove.
(c) Her mother would approve.
(d) Her mother would tell everyone.

6. Whom does Sylvia visit in Chapter 3?
(a) Jasper.
(b) Sylvia and Gordon.
(c) Lisa and Jasper.
(d) Tom.

7. According to Claudia, all history is a history of...
(a) People.
(b) Foods.
(c) Wars.
(d) Culture.

8. In Chapter 2, what was the command for the special trick the dog would do?
(a) "Speak your mind."
(b) "Die for your country."
(c) "Take a load off."
(d) "Cast your vote."

9. What does Claudia say killed her father?
(a) War.
(b) History.
(c) A freak accident.
(d) Exploration.

10. Who cannot speak at the beginning of Chapter 4?
(a) Jasper.
(b) Claudia.
(c) Lisa.
(d) Harry.

11. Why did the person discussed in Chapter 2 stab at Claudia's crotch?
(a) Just to be mean.
(b) To hurt her.
(c) He was explaining where babies come from.
(d) It was an accident.

12. What is Claudia told that the war really is?
(a) Cool.
(b) Popular and necessary.
(c) Idyllic and heroic.
(d) Exhaustion, exhilaration, bordom, and discomfort.

13. What does Claudia tell the nurse she is writing in Chapter 1?
(a) An autobiography.
(b) A biography of a war captain.
(c) A love story.
(d) A history of the world.

14. Whom does Claudia meet when her Jeep breaks down?
(a) Hitler.
(b) The president of the United States.
(c) Capt. Tom Southern.
(d) Gen. George Patton.

15. Who sits by Claudia on a guided tour of the pyramids that she takes later in life?
(a) A Texan.
(b) Her best friend Camille.
(c) Tom.
(d) A woman from England.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was Claudia chided after help was requested for the wounded at the armored car wreckage?

2. What does the reader learn in Chapter 1 that Claudia and her brother collected on the beach as children?

3. Why does Tom say he stopped reading history?

4. What animals do Claudia and Tom sympathize with on their visit to the zoo?

5. What, according to this book, do most "typical" moms do?

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