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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What embarrasses Sylvia in Chapter 3?
(a) Her hair.
(b) Claudia's choice of apparel.
(c) The way Gordon is smacking.
(d) The rude comments made by Claudia and Gordon to waiters.

2. In Claudia's view, what is "history?"
(a) Old stuff that had to be learned in school.
(b) Something that is dead.
(c) Something that is alive and exciting.
(d) The result of mundane travelers.

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

4. What bothers Claudia about Sylvia in Chapter 3?
(a) The perfume she wears.
(b) Sylvia gets to sleep with Gordon.
(c) Sylvia's hairstyle.
(d) Sylvia seems content to be a mere housewife.

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

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

7. Who administers first aid to a soldier found wounded at the armored car wreckage?
(a) Tom.
(b) Claudia.
(c) The general.
(d) Camille.

8. Why does Tom say he stopped reading history?
(a) Because he has no time, with the war and all.
(b) He tired of it.
(c) There are no libraries on the battlefield.
(d) Because it's different when you are one of the statistics.

9. In what city does 31-year-old Claudia make her prayer?
(a) London.
(b) Paris.
(c) Cairo.
(d) New York.

10. What illness does Claudia contract in the desert?
(a) Flu.
(b) Typhoid.
(c) Malaria.
(d) Dehydration.

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

12. What, according to this book, do most "typical" moms do?
(a) Work in an exciting career.
(b) Homeschool their children.
(c) Spend time with their children.
(d) Drink sherry and go shopping.

13. What three countries does Tom tell Claudia he has visited?
(a) America, Mexico and Cairo.
(b) America, Spain and France.
(c) America, New Zealand, and Australia.
(d) America, Italy and Greece.

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

15. What does Lisa admire about her mother?
(a) Her sense of humor.
(b) Her coyness.
(c) Her business sense.
(d) Her fingernails.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who delivers Claudia's story about the desert to the censor's office?

2. When Claudia is 31, what does she ask from God in prayer?

3. What do the hippos in the zoo eat?

4. As Claudia lies in the hospital thinking about her life, where is the museum in which she recalls seeing dragons on pottery?

5. Why does Claudia believe the country that plays a large role in her history of the world is worthy of such coverage in her book?

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