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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. How many children were in GIlbert's family?
(a) 6.
(b) 10.
(c) 8.
(d) 12.

2. What does Queenie wear when she goes to the Empire Exhibition?
(a) Pink dress.
(b) White dress.
(c) Yellow dress.
(d) Blue dress.

3. At the end of Chapter 11, where did frigates, corvettes, warships, troop carriers, and destroyers marshal for the convoy across the ocean?
(a) Iceland.
(b) Greeland.
(c) Newfoundland.
(d) Nova Scotia.

4. What color gloves is Hortense wearing in Chapter 2?
(a) Brown.
(b) Navy.
(c) Black.
(d) White.

5. In Chapter 2, how long was the shift that Gilbert worked before Hortense arrived?
(a) 12 hours.
(b) 8 hours.
(c) 10 hours.
(d) 9 hours.

Short Answer Questions

1. What uniform did Gilbert wear when he was a school boy?

2. What type of business did Gilbert's mother start to support the family?

3. In Chapter 2, what time did Gilbert go to meet Hortense's boat only to be told he had the wrong time?

4. What news of Michael Roberts did Hortense receive when she was at teacher's college?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why is Queenie frustrated, yet grateful, to Mr. Todd?

4. What did Hortense do when she left her government upper school?

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

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

7. What business did Gilbert's mother have and why?

8. What were Butchers' Association trips?

9. How did Gilbert manage to leave a tea shop when some GIs were hassling him?

10. What were the Ryders like who ran the school where Hortense worked in Chapter 3?

(see the answer keys)

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