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

2. In Chapter 10, where does Gilbert sleep the first night after Hortense arrives?
(a) Under the table.
(b) Armchair.
(c) Bed.
(d) Floor.

3. How old was Arthur Bligh when he died?
(a) 62.
(b) 57.
(c) 64.
(d) 54.

4. When Michael returned from boarding school in Chapter 3, what color dress did Hortense wear?
(a) Blue plaid.
(b) Purple.
(c) Red.
(d) Pink floral.

5. What type of business did Gilbert's mother start to support the family?
(a) Pastry.
(b) Cake.
(c) Cookie.
(d) Bread.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where did Hortense go to teacher's college?

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

4. What was the name of the school where Hortense taught after college?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. Why do the Smith's move away?

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

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

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