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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 does Hortense put under the broken chair in Chapter 30?
(a) Wood box.
(b) Novel.
(c) Piece of wood.
(d) Bible.

2. How much does Queenie charge for her rooms each week?
(a) 4 pounds.
(b) 2 pounds.
(c) 2 1/2 pounds.
(d) 3 pounds.

3. In Chapter 40, how long was Bernard's patrol on a hangar?
(a) 3 hours.
(b) 6 hours.
(c) 2 hours.
(d) 4 hours.

4. What was the name of Aunt Dorothy's dog?
(a) Minerva.
(b) Haley.
(c) Chloe.
(d) Prudence.

5. In Chapter 27, what was the name of the woman who begged a warden to find her fiance who was lost behind a toppled wall?
(a) Olivia.
(b) Tilly.
(c) Charlotte.
(d) Christine.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 26, what house number was destroyed by a bomb?

2. After the bombing in Chapter 29, what is the arm clothed in that Queenie steps on as she is led to an ambulance?

3. Where did Bernard work before he joined the RAF?

4. What was the name of a woman who clutched two small children who cried for their mother to make the banging stop so they could sleep in Chapter 27?

5. Where did the train take Bernard and the troops in Chapter 35?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where did Queenie start working and what was her job like?

2. How does Gilbert wake Hortense in Chapter 20?

3. In Chapter 39, what was known about a riot in Calcutta?

4. What did Bernard think about his future as he sailed home?

5. Why did Bernard and the others in his unit get a holiday and three days beer ration in Chapter 37?

6. How did Queenie describe a family that lost their home in the bombings and were sent to live in her neighbor's house?

7. What supplies finally arrived after the war was over in Chapter 40?

8. Why is Hortense reluctant to buy a loaf of bread?

9. Who was Maxi?

10. What was the house like that Queenie moved into when she married Bernard?

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