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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 are Claudia and Gordon arguing about just before he dies?
(a) Politics.
(b) Their relationship.
(c) Sylvia.
(d) Jasper.
2. What two war-related emotions does Claudia learn that Tom felt near the end of his life?
(a) Love and loss.
(b) Boredom and horror.
(c) Excitement and anxiety.
(d) Grief and mourning.
3. Where does Claudia's limo accident occur?
(a) In downtown Los Angeles.
(b) On the Brooklyn Bridge.
(c) In Egypt.
(d) On a movie set.
4. Who is injured in Claudia's limo accident?
(a) Claudia and an actor.
(b) Claudia and a traffic cop.
(c) Claudia and a taxi driver.
(d) Claudia and a camel.
5. Who tells Claudia that Tom has been killed?
(a) Tom's mother.
(b) Tom's sergeant.
(c) One of her officer friends.
(d) Tom's brother.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is missing from Tom's postwar plans as he explains his desires to Claudia?
2. Who takes Claudia a gift basket from Fortnum's while she's in the hospital?
3. What injuries does Claudia suffer from her limo accident?
4. What causes Claudia to burst into tears on the fifth day of her hospital stay?
5. Why does Claudia go to the cathedral to pray?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Claudia define "history" to Mr. Hamilton?
2. Why doesn't the nurse try to stop Claudia's miscarriage?
3. Discuss why Claudia and Gordon like to dance with each other, even as children.
4. How does Mr. Hamilton's job offer to Claudia advance her writing career?
5. According to Claudia, what does the destruction of Memphis reveal about history?
6. Why does Jasper decide to pursue a career in TV?
7. Where are Tom and Claudia when he confesses that he wants to marry her?
8. Why does Claudia accept the offer of a film producer to buy the rights to her book?
9. What excites Claudia about seeing her book turned into a movie?
10. What fascinates Claudia about Memphis?
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