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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 does Rivers tell Bryce about Sassoon?
(a) He is just a coward.
(b) He was impressed by him and likes him.
(c) He is probably crazy.
(d) He didn't care for his arrogance.

2. What can Prior not do?
(a) Hear.
(b) Speak.
(c) Cry.
(d) Sleep.

3. Who is Henry Head?
(a) Rivers's father's best friend.
(b) The custodian at the hospital.
(c) The dean at the medical school from which Rivers graduates.
(d) An old friend of Dr. Rivers'.

4. How does Sassoon react to Dr. Rivers' taunts?
(a) He is indifferent.
(b) He agrees with Dr. Rivers.
(c) He becomes angry.
(d) He becomes more despondent.

5. What strikes Rivers as odd about Sassoon?
(a) That he wants to return to the fighting.
(b) That he is not married.
(c) That he doesn't drinnk alcohol.
(d) What he did with the answer to question #8.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Dr. Rivers interviewing at the opening to Chapter 4?

2. What times does Burns return to the hospital?

3. What does the letter Dr. Rivers is reading say?

4. What does Rivers think about as he prepares to sleep the night of Prior's hypnotism?

5. What causes Anderson to almost beat his golfing partner?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 6 why does Rivers see Prior after dinner and what does Prior tell him what is Rivers' response?

2. What does is Prior able to do at the beginning of Chapter 6 and what does he ask Rivers to do?

3. Why is Prior at the hospital?

4. What does Sassoon notice in the taxi and why does he touch his chest?

5. What does Sassoon tell Dr. Rivers about his medical board and what did the board determine about Sassoon?

6. What do Sassoon and Graves talk about when they go swimming in Chapter 4 and what does Sassoon say he remembers about the subject?

7. Who is Wilfred Owen and how does he feel about Sassoon?

8. What does Prior describe to Rivers in Chapter 8?

9. Who is reading a letter at the beginning of Chapter 1 and what is it titled?

10. What is causing Dr. Rivers pain in his head while he is sleeping?

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