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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 Chapter 14, where was Gilbert supposed to drive to pick up shock absorbers?
(a) Alconbury.
(b) Greenham.
(c) Mildenhall.
(d) Grimsby.

2. In Chapter 4, was the name of the student that challenged Hortense the most?
(a) Vincent Davies.
(b) Percival Brown.
(c) Alfonse Smythe.
(d) Martin Richards.

3. How long did Hortense know Gilbert when they decided to marry?
(a) 8 days.
(b) 10 days.
(c) 5 days.
(d) 15 days.

4. What movie did Gilbert and Queenie see in Chapter 17?
(a) All Quiet on the Western Front.
(b) Gone with the Wind.
(c) Les Miserables.
(d) The Hunchback of Notre Dame.

5. In Chapter 16, what rank was a white American soldier who told Gilbert to salute a superior officer?
(a) Private Second Class.
(b) Specialist.
(c) Private First Class.
(d) Private.

Short Answer Questions

1. What were Gilbert and his shipmates focused on when they traveled to America?

2. Who suggested that Queenie start proceedings to declare her husband deceased when he did not return after the war?

3. What is the name of the tenant Hortense bothers when she is looking for a toilet in Chapter 2?

4. In Chapter 16, how many GIs are incensed when GIlbert and Queenie have tea?

5. Where did Flight Sergeant Thwaites have an angry red birthmark?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who was the principal of the teacher-training college in Kingston?

2. Why was Hortense not able to get a job at the Church of England school in Kingston?

3. In Chapter 4, what news did Hortense receive of Michael Roberts?

4. What were Butchers' Association trips?

5. When Gilbert returned from the war, where were his siblings?

6. How did Arthur Bligh die?

7. Who raised Hortense and why?

8. What did Gilbert learn about a man who seemed to be following him in Chapter 15?

9. What is the room like where Gilbert is staying and Hortense will be living?

10. What analogy did Gilbert use to explain why he joined the RAF?

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