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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 won't the nurse tell Claudia as she suffers her miscarriage?
(a) Whether she'll be able to have another baby.
(b) How to stop the pain.
(c) The baby's gender.
(d) What time it occurs.

2. Why does Jasper get angry with Claudia during their trip to Rocqueville?
(a) He does not want to spend time with her old uncle.
(b) He thinks she's flirting with someone.
(c) He thinks she took the column writing job away from him.
(d) She spends all their money.

3. What is Gordon's noticeable war wound?
(a) Shrapnel in his knee.
(b) A scar on his cheek.
(c) A cut on his arm.
(d) An amputated leg.

4. Whom does Claudia use as her measuring guide when comparing men?
(a) Gordon.
(b) Her father.
(c) Jasper.
(d) Clark Gable.

5. Who tells Claudia that Tom has been killed?
(a) One of her officer friends.
(b) Tom's sergeant.
(c) Tom's mother.
(d) Tom's brother.

Short Answer Questions

1. What injuries does Claudia suffer from her limo accident?

2. How long are Claudia and Gordon lovers?

3. In Chapter 16, what does the reader learn that Claudia publish just a few weeks prior to her birthday?

4. Where was the camp that Claudia visited in late 1945 located?

5. Who is Mr. Hamilton that Claudia met in Rocqueville?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Other than being grief stricken, what terrifies Claudia about not knowing how Tom dies?

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

4. Does Sylvia expect a sexual relationship between Gordon and Claudia? Why or why not?

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

6. Discuss the accident that severely injures Claudia.

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

8. What is ironic about Mrs. Hamilton allowing Claudia to go to Paris with Gordon?

9. How does Claudia learn of the cause of Tom's death?

10. How does Claudia define "history" to Mr. Hamilton?

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