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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. How does Claudia feel about her son-in-law?
(a) She hates him.
(b) She loves him.
(c) She's happy that he married her daughter.
(d) She thinks he's lazy.

2. What does Claudia recall to be her grade on her final history exam in school?
(a) 13 percent.
(b) 99 percent.
(c) 100 percent plus 25 points extra credit.
(d) 38 percent.

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

4. Where was the Moon Tiger?
(a) In Tom's Army tent.
(b) On the night stand by the hotel bed where Claudia and Tom slept.
(c) Perched on the hilltop.
(d) In a book of legends and fables.

5. Who picks up Claudia from the airport in Chapter 3?
(a) Gordon and Lisa.
(b) Lisa and Sylvia.
(c) Gordon and Sylvia.
(d) Jasper and Lisa.

Short Answer Questions

1. What embarrasses Sylvia in Chapter 3?

2. According to Claudia, what's more important in history?

3. What three countries does Tom tell Claudia he has visited?

4. How old was Lisa when she got married?

5. Who does the reader learn in Chapter 2 stabs at Claudia's crotch with a finger?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 2, what stab at Jasper's character does Gordon take and why is it ironic?

2. Discuss the language soldiers used to describe war events. Why did they choose this language?

3. What does Claudia believe is the biggest influence of her daughter's life?

4. Describe Lisa's adult family life.

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

6. Describe the beginning of Claudia's relationship with Jasper.

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

8. How competitive is Claudia against her brother, and what memory first shows this competitiveness to the reader?

9. What is Claudia's opinion about Sylvia?

10. Discuss the argument between Claudia and Gordon at the end of Chapter 3.

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