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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the image of war that the press has presented?
(a) Exhaustion, exhilaration, bordom, and discomfort.
(b) Cool.
(c) Popular and necessary.
(d) Idyllic and heroic.

3. When Claudia is 31, what does she ask from God in prayer?
(a) That her lover not be thirsty and dying in a desert.
(b) That she would not be alone.
(c) That she would have fame and fortune as a writer.
(d) That her lover would choose to marry her.

4. Whom does Claudia believe should have been killed in the war?
(a) Jasper's father.
(b) Gordon.
(c) Tom.
(d) All men who signed up to go.

5. What is the name of the man with whom Lisa is having an affair?
(a) Henry.
(b) Harry.
(c) Paul.
(d) Gordon.

6. How many soldiers were discovered wounded at the armored car wreckage?
(a) 6.
(b) 3.
(c) 2.
(d) 1.

7. Whom does the reader learn about in Chapter 2 that had a dog that did a special trick?
(a) Claudia's mother.
(b) Claudia.
(c) Sylvia.
(d) Lisa's mother.

8. How old was Lisa when she got married?
(a) 19.
(b) 30.
(c) 17.
(d) 21.

9. How does Claudia react when Sylvia visits her in the hospital in Chapter 2?
(a) Claudia tells Sylvia to leave.
(b) Claudia is happy to have company.
(c) Claudia pretends to be asleep.
(d) Claudia begs Sylvia not to leave.

10. As a war correspondent, whom does Claudia travel with?
(a) Journalists from the U.S. and New Zealand.
(b) Russian troops.
(c) German soldiers.
(d) Her father.

11. How many times in her life has Claudia prayed?
(a) Two.
(b) 1001.
(c) Countless.
(d) 10.

12. What does Lisa call her mother?
(a) Mummy.
(b) Claudia.
(c) Mrs. Hampton.
(d) Mum.

13. What is Harry's job?
(a) Banker.
(b) Real estate agent.
(c) Journalist.
(d) Soldier.

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

15. Who sits in the back seat on the way back from the airport in Chapter 3?
(a) Lisa.
(b) Sylvia.
(c) Jasper.
(d) Gordon.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What three countries does Tom tell Claudia he has visited?

3. What embarrasses Sylvia in Chapter 3?

4. Who reared Lisa?

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

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