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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Claudia's mind, what is Jasper's greatest sin?
(a) Not asking her to marry him.
(b) Not being Tom Southern.
(c) Not making more money than she does.
(d) Not being able to commit.

2. What is Claudia writing when she receives her Fortnum's gift basket in the hospital?
(a) A letter to her daughter.
(b) Checks.
(c) Her history of the world.
(d) A change to her will.

3. Who sees the essay and determines she must have been Tom's girlfriend?
(a) Jasper.
(b) Lisa.
(c) Tom's sister.
(d) Camilla.

4. Having changed his mind from his original postwar plans, what does Tom now say he wants?
(a) To become a book writer.
(b) To grow poinsettias on his family farm.
(c) To retire and learn to paint.
(d) To marry Claudia, have a child and live on the family farm.

5. Who takes Claudia a gift basket from Fortnum's while she's in the hospital?
(a) Jasper.
(b) Gordon.
(c) Sylvia.
(d) Tom.

6. What jobs does Tom tell Claudia he had originally planned to have after the war?
(a) A journalist and member of Parliament.
(b) To become a student, and then a teacher.
(c) A broadcaster and magazine writer.
(d) A TV personality and actor.

7. What honor does Claudia's book about the historical figure she recalls in Chapter 13 win?
(a) It is a Caldecott Award winner.
(b) It appears on best seller list.
(c) It is selected for Oprah's book club.
(d) It receives a nomination for the Nobel Peace Prize.

8. What position does the successful book Claudia recalls in Chapter 13 earn her?
(a) An editor's job.
(b) A position at NATO.
(c) Historical advisor for the book's film rights.
(d) An appearance on a popular talk show.

9. How does Claudia feel shortly after her limo accident?
(a) Richer and more famous.
(b) Richer and more focused.
(c) Depressed and aggravated.
(d) Sluggish and distracted.

10. What is the bargain Claudia tries to make with God in the cathedral?
(a) That Tom can be captured, just not dead.
(b) That she will never return if God helps her get home.
(c) That she be pregnant if Tom dies.
(d) That she will tithe if God gives her what she wants this time.

11. Which photograph does Claudia include in the book?
(a) One of her with Tom.
(b) A picture of Tom sitting on a broken wall.
(c) One of her in front of a pyramid.
(d) One of herself sitting on a Jeep.

12. What question does Claudia ask when she has a delusional moment in the hospital?
(a) Where the polar bear went.
(b) Who took her money.
(c) Why the spiders are running across her.
(d) Whether her baby is a boy or a girl.

13. While in Rocqueville, what does Jasper pretend to be?
(a) A doctor.
(b) A Russian spy.
(c) A journalist.
(d) A preacher.

14. Where does Claudia's limo accident occur?
(a) On a movie set.
(b) In downtown Los Angeles.
(c) In Egypt.
(d) On the Brooklyn Bridge.

15. What was the subject of Claudia's nightmare in Chapter 13?
(a) Seeing Tom die in the desert.
(b) Having a baby and not knowing its gender.
(c) Having malaria.
(d) A gruesome flight of Cortez's Spaniards from the Aztec capital of Tlacopan.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do Claudia and Gordon feel when they dance together?

2. What does Camilla insinuate when she learns that Claudia is pregnant?

3. What changed Tom's mind about his postwar plans?

4. What is one of the things Claudia says her mother held against her from the time she was a baby?

5. What are Claudia and Gordon arguing about just before he dies?

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