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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What won't the nurse tell Claudia as she suffers her miscarriage?
(a) The baby's gender.
(b) Whether she'll be able to have another baby.
(c) What time it occurs.
(d) How to stop the pain.

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

4. How old is Claudia when she takes the position afforded her due to the successful book she recalls in Chapter 13?
(a) 26.
(b) 46.
(c) 39.
(d) 29.

5. Who tells Claudia that Tom has been killed?
(a) Tom's brother.
(b) One of her officer friends.
(c) Tom's sergeant.
(d) Tom's mother.

6. When Claudia revisits Egypt as a tourist, why is her bus companion disappointed?
(a) Because you can no longer climb up the pyramid.
(b) Because there is an additional fee for lunch.
(c) Because he could not enter a tomb.
(d) Because none of the mummies were alive.

7. How long are Claudia and Gordon lovers?
(a) 10 days.
(b) 15 months.
(c) 12 months.
(d) 35 years.

8. Where was the camp that Claudia visited in late 1945 located?
(a) In the southern United States.
(b) Italy.
(c) In the Redwood Forest.
(d) On the German-Polish border.

9. In Chapter 16, what does the reader learn that Claudia publish just a few weeks prior to her birthday?
(a) A retrospective essay on the war in Egypt.
(b) A children's novel about war.
(c) A love letter to Tom.
(d) An autobiography.

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

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

12. Where does Claudia move to until her first baby is born?
(a) A halfway house.
(b) A nursing home.
(c) A homeless shelter.
(d) Her mother's home.

13. What does Jasper want Claudia to pretend to be while they are in Rocqueville?
(a) His secretary.
(b) An American.
(c) A Russian spy.
(d) A blind woman.

14. How exactly does Tom die?
(a) Malaria.
(b) No one knows.
(c) He died of heat stroke.
(d) Lack of water.

15. What does Claudia tell Mr. Hamilton about history as they initially speak?
(a) That history is dead.
(b) That she was part of history herself.
(c) That history is an illusion.
(d) That she is sick of history.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which Egyptian city was a major hub even when Europeans were still living in caves?

2. What were Tom and Claudia exploring as he stole kisses in dark corners?

3. Why isn't Claudia's Chapter 15 apology effective?

4. Who is injured in Claudia's limo accident?

5. Why is Claudia eager to see Lisa after her limo accident?

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