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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 is the name of the inside girl Queenie's brother stay with when the rest of the family goes to the Empire Exhibition?
(a) Meg.
(b) Molly.
(c) Annie.
(d) Peggy.

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

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

4. What time did Hortense's boat arrive in Chapter 2?
(a) 7:30 p.m.
(b) 8 p.m.
(c) 7 p.m.
(d) 6:30 p.m.

5. Where did Flight Sergeant Thwaites have an angry red birthmark?
(a) Scalp.
(b) Face.
(c) Left forearm.
(d) Right forearm.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the end of Chapter 11, where did frigates, corvettes, warships, troop carriers, and destroyers marshal for the convoy across the ocean?

2. What did Mr. Philip Roberts do for a living?

3. What type of plane did Gilbert think he saw in Chapter 15?

4. In Chapter 14, how many packets of Chesterfields does Gilbert get when he gives two Black American soldiers a ride?

5. In Chapter 17, where was Gilbert told to sit in a theater?

Short Essay Questions

1. What were Butchers' Association trips?

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

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

4. How did Arthur Bligh die?

5. Who raised Hortense and why?

6. Why did Gilbert struggle to find a place to leave when he returned to England, and how did he finally find a place?

7. What was the worst hardship Gilbert had to put up with when he went into the RAF?

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

9. What did Gilbert and Hortense wear when they were married?

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

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