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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) Molly.
(b) Annie.
(c) Peggy.
(d) Meg.

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

3. In Chapter 16, how many GIs are incensed when GIlbert and Queenie have tea?
(a) 3.
(b) 2.
(c) 5.
(d) 4.

4. Who takes Queenie around the Empire Exhibition while her parents visit on their own?
(a) Cathy and Richard.
(b) Sandra and Will.
(c) Emily and Graham.
(d) Martha and Tom.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Who shot Arthur in Chapter 17?

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

5. What was Celia's mother wearing in Chapter 4, the first time Hortense saw her?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who raised Hortense and why?

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

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

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

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

6. Why do the Smith's move away?

7. How did Arthur Bligh die?

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

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

10. What were Butchers' Association trips?

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