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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. In what city does 31-year-old Claudia make her prayer?
(a) London.
(b) New York.
(c) Cairo.
(d) Paris.

2. What was the Moon Tiger?
(a) The hero of a local legend.
(b) A panther.
(c) Tom's cologne.
(d) Mosquito repellant.

3. Who delivers Claudia's story about the desert to the censor's office?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Tom.
(c) Camille.
(d) Gordon.

4. Why does Claudia believe the country that plays a large role in her history of the world is worthy of such coverage in her book?
(a) Ancient and current cultures are civilized, cultural, and intelligent.
(b) It's the only country she knows.
(c) She's fascinated with it because her father died there.
(d) The government paid her to make it a focal point.

5. What bothers Claudia about Sylvia in Chapter 3?
(a) Sylvia gets to sleep with Gordon.
(b) Sylvia's hairstyle.
(c) Sylvia seems content to be a mere housewife.
(d) The perfume she wears.

Short Answer Questions

1. What event follows Lisa's baptism?

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

3. What plant does Sylvia take to Claudia when she is in the hospital?

4. How does Claudia recall being taught history in school?

5. What was unusual about Claudia's position in the war?

Short Essay Questions

1. Discuss Claudia's thoughts on infants and young children. When was she most interested in her own daughter?

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

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

4. Describe Lisa. How is she like her mother?

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

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

7. Describe Lisa's adult family life.

8. What is Claudia's view of religion?

9. What makes Sylvia uncomfortable about Gordon's relationship with Claudia and how does she handle it?

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

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