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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 was the name of Hortense's mother?
(a) Prudence.
(b) Mildred.
(c) Alberta.
(d) Bertha.

2. What were Gilbert and his shipmates focused on when they traveled to America?
(a) Women.
(b) Seasickness.
(c) Food.
(d) Sanitary conditions.

3. Where were the Black soldiers from that Gilbert saw in Chapter 14?
(a) Mississippi.
(b) Florida.
(c) South Carolina.
(d) Georgia.

4. What did Gilbert remember Queenie serving him when he returned Arthur the first time?
(a) Tea and crusty pork pie.
(b) Tea and roast lamb.
(c) Tea and roast beef.
(d) Tea and beef pie.

5. Where did Queenie's neighbor Mrs. Smith move after Queenie started taking in Black boarders?
(a) Etham.
(b) Bromley.
(c) Addington.
(d) Crayford.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many rooms does Gilbert where he is staying when Hortense arrives?

2. In Chapter 16, what rank was a white American soldier who told Gilbert to salute a superior officer?

3. Where did Queenie say her husband was in Chapter 15?

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

5. Where was Gilbert sent to a military camp after he enlisted?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Who were Hortense's parents?

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

5. What is the house like where Hortense goes to find her husband in Chapter 1?

6. In Chapter 14, why were some Black GIs going to Nottingham instead of Lincoln to meet some girls?

7. How does Gilbert look when Hortense arrives in England?

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

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

10. In Chapter 10, what sound does Hortense hear once she is in bed, and what is the noise?

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