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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 year do the Allies endure months of standoff with Rommel's tanks?
(a) 1942.
(b) 1945.
(c) 1939.
(d) 1941.

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

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

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

5. What two physical characteristics does Claudia believe have made her life different?
(a) Her hair and her smile.
(b) Her appendectomy and an old scar.
(c) Her height and her high cheek bones.
(d) Her beauty and intelligence.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom does Claudia use as her measuring guide when comparing men?

2. Why does Claudia go to the cathedral to pray?

3. What is the bargain Claudia tries to make with God in the cathedral?

4. How old is Claudia when she takes the position afforded her due to the successful book she recalls in Chapter 13?

5. How exactly does Tom die?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Claudia anxious to see Lisa after she recovers from her limo accident?

2. When Tom tells Claudia in Chapter 8 that he has never been more happy in his life, upon what thought does Claudia silently reflect?

3. According to Claudia, what does the destruction of Memphis reveal about history?

4. Discuss why Claudia and Gordon like to dance with each other, even as children.

5. What fascinates Claudia about Memphis?

6. Why does Claudia accept the offer of a film producer to buy the rights to her book?

7. What uncharacteristic way does Claudia attempt to ensure Tom's safety when she learns he is missing in action?

8. Whom does Claudia use for her standard of measurement when judging men and why?

9. Why does Claudia say Lisa's birth complicated everything?

10. Why does Claudia refuse to pretend to be Jasper's secretary when they visit NATO together?

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