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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. Where does Dr. Rivers go to visit Burns?
(a) London.
(b) Dublin.
(c) Nottingham.
(d) Aldeburgh.

2. What is wrong with the women who work in the munitions factories?
(a) They are losing their eyesight.
(b) They all have a yellow tint to their skin.
(c) They have a slight tremor.
(d) They have breathing problems.

3. What do Owens and Sassoon do?
(a) Write a poem about Craiglockhart.
(b) Get drunk.
(c) Smoke opium.
(d) Have a couple prostitutes to entertain them.

4. Where do Sarah and Madge go?
(a) To see Madge's lover in the hospital.
(b) To find jobs in Birmingham.
(c) To find jobs in London.
(d) To volunteer for the woman's army corps.

5. What does Sassoon believe about one of Owen's poems?
(a) Its rhythm is uneven.
(b) Its subject matter is dull.
(c) It is rather mediocre.
(d) It is ready to be published nationally.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Prior believe Sarah should do?

2. Why does Prior want to return to the war?

3. What does Dr. Rivers' brother contract in the East?

4. Why does Charles Rivers have to kill one of his chickens?

5. What does Sassoon have when he meets with Owen?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens with Prior and Lumb when they see each other again after a week of not seeing each other?

2. What does the board decide to do about Prior in Chapter 18?

3. What does Rivers do that makes the other board members stare at him?

4. Who gives Rivers a tour of the National Hospital and what does Rivers thinks of that man's treatment methods?

5. What does Sassoon do about one of Owen's poems?

6. What is Rivers doing in Chapter 20 and why?

7. What do Prior and Sarah do at the beginning of Chapter 19?

8. Why does Sassoon meet Graves in Chapter 17 and what does he tell Graves?

9. What happens to Burns in Chapter 13?

10. What are Sassoon and Owen working on together and what are Owen's plans for his future?

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