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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the opportunity given to Claudia by Mr. Hamilton help her career?
(a) Tom's sister finds her because of her connection with the paper.
(b) Her picture is in the paper.
(c) It introduces her to important publishers.
(d) The publicity boosts her book sales.

2. What two war-related emotions does Claudia learn that Tom felt near the end of his life?
(a) Boredom and horror.
(b) Excitement and anxiety.
(c) Grief and mourning.
(d) Love and loss.

3. What is missing from Tom's postwar plans as he explains his desires to Claudia?
(a) Financial goals.
(b) A marriage proposal.
(c) How he will get what he wants.
(d) How he will start saving for what he wants.

4. In Chapter 15, from whom does Claudia receive the best birthday present?
(a) Sylvia.
(b) A stranger.
(c) Lazlo.
(d) Lisa.

5. What is the relationship between Claudia and Gordon once their physical relationship has ended?
(a) They remain emotionally intimate.
(b) They don't speak at all.
(c) They pretend nothing ever happend.
(d) They avoid each other, but do speak.

6. How do Claudia and Gordon feel when they dance together?
(a) Icky.
(b) Like they can dance forever.
(c) Embarrassed.
(d) Like they are dancing with themselves.

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

8. Why does the war suddenly become real to Claudia?
(a) Because she's reporting it.
(b) Because she can't get home.
(c) Because she worries about Tom.
(d) Because she witnessed a bombing.

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

10. What is Lisa's first instinct upon finding the item in her mother's ring as a child?
(a) To call it.
(b) To clean it out.
(c) To pocket it.
(d) To chew it.

11. What does Claudia apologize for in Chapter 15?
(a) Being an inadequate mother.
(b) For things she said about Gordon.
(c) Encouraging their sexual relationship.
(d) For keeping secrets.

12. With whom does 17-year-old Claudia go to Paris?
(a) Gordon.
(b) Her father.
(c) Jasper.
(d) Tom.

13. What is one of the things Claudia says her mother held against her from the time she was a baby?
(a) Her red hair.
(b) The fact she was a girl.
(c) Her special baby blanket.
(d) That she resembled the milkman.

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

15. Why does Jasper get angry with Claudia during their trip to Rocqueville?
(a) He thinks she's flirting with someone.
(b) She spends all their money.
(c) He does not want to spend time with her old uncle.
(d) He thinks she took the column writing job away from him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What honor does Claudia's book about the historical figure she recalls in Chapter 13 win?

2. What causes Claudia to burst into tears on the fifth day of her hospital stay?

3. Who is Mr. Hamilton that Claudia met in Rocqueville?

4. Which Egyptian city does Claudia plan to feature in her history book?

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

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