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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 service is Peter Wilson forced to serve?
(a) The Coast Guard.
(b) The British Navy.
(c) The Red Cross.
(d) The Missionary Corps.

2. In what year does "The Calm" open?
(a) 1915.
(b) 1215.
(c) 1776.
(d) 1720.

3. What do Abigail and Peter Mason remove from the cathedral?
(a) Wine.
(b) A body.
(c) The collection box.
(d) A stained glass window.

4. What king has been forced to flee?
(a) King Julius.
(b) King Charles.
(c) King David.
(d) King Henry.

5. Who purchases the site?
(a) Cecil H.E. Chubb.
(b) Margaret Mason.
(c) John Shockley.
(d) Jane Shockley.

Short Answer Questions

1. What major military campaign is approaching?

2. Where does Peter deliver his contraband?

3. Whom does Edward Shockley marry?

4. In what town do Margaret and Samuel encounter fighting?

5. Who is the governor at the school where Ralph teaches?

Short Essay Questions

1. What sort of political trouble is brewing at the opening of the chapter?

2. Despite success in their business deal, what sort of scandal erupts from Edward bringing Fleming to England?

3. How does Godefroi go about trying to improve his family's financial situation?

4. How do Adam and Patricia meet? What is their initial fascination with each other? What ultimately happens in the relationship?

5. Why does Will go to the cathedral?

6. How does Ralph lose his position at the school?

7. Despite participating in wars in other parts of the world, why is the time period covered in the chapter "The Calm" considered a time of peace for most English people?

8. Why does Adam believe that the American rebels will ultimately prevail against the British?

9. How do labor troubles lead to many convicts from Sarum being sent to Australia?

10. How is Stonehenge at one time private property and later property of the British government?

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