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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was unusual about Claudia's position in the war?
(a) She was the oldest woman at her camp.
(b) She was the only one who could type.
(c) She was the only female journalist in Cairo.
(d) She lied about her age to gain admittance.

2. As Claudia reminisces in Chapter 2, what subject does she recall her brother being tutored in when she was 13?
(a) German.
(b) Spanish.
(c) Math.
(d) Latin.

3. According to Claudia, what's more important in history?
(a) The number of lives lost and affected by war.
(b) The landscape of a country.
(c) The culture of a country.
(d) The names of battles.

4. Who organizes Lisa's baptism?
(a) Her grandmothers.
(b) Claudia.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Her father.

5. What does the reader learn in Chapter 1 that Claudia and her brother collected on the beach as children?
(a) Hermit crabs.
(b) Sand dollars.
(c) Shells.
(d) Fossils.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom does Claudia meet when her Jeep breaks down?

2. How old was Claudia when she prayed for God to kill her brother because he could outrun her?

3. What embarrasses Sylvia in Chapter 3?

4. Whom does Sylvia visit in Chapter 3?

5. What was the name of the church in which 31-year-old Claudia made her prayer?

Short Essay Questions

1. Discuss Claudia's popularity as a historical author. What makes her writing accounts different from all the others?

2. What is Claudia's view of religion?

3. What is the Moon Tiger?

4. Give an example from Chapter 6 that shows Claudia's inability to share true emotional intimacy.

5. As Claudia reflects, what does she recall about her argument with Jasper following Lisa's wedding?

6. In Chapter 8, how does Claudia juggle her work schedule when she spends time with Tom during his leave?

7. Which country will play a central role in Claudia's history of the world and why?

8. How does young Claudia learn where babies come from?

9. What is Tom's view of the war, as the reader learns in Chapter 8?

10. Discuss Claudia's relationship with her roommate in Chapter 7.

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