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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At Craiglockhart, how did Dr. Rivers get his patients to confide their feelings?
(a) He would make them feel safe.
(b) Intimidation.
(c) Medication.
(d) Hypnosis.

2. Does Dr. Rivers plan to interfere with Emele's crouching stance?
(a) No.
(b) Only if Billy arrives on site.
(c) Only if she faints.
(d) Yes.

3. In Part 3, Chapter 18, why are few doctors working in the ward?
(a) The flu epidemic.
(b) They have died.
(c) To protest the war.
(d) Low wages.

4. In Dr. Rivers' dream about Ngea's widow, whose face is she wearing in hut?
(a) Sarah's.
(b) Kathleen's.
(c) Emele's.
(d) Billy's.

5. What lifestyle does Dr. Rivers dream of at the beginning of Part 2, Chapter 12?
(a) Mentor.
(b) Missionary.
(c) Scholar.
(d) Nomad.

6. What do the soldiers do on Sunday mornings?
(a) Sing war songs.
(b) Play cards.
(c) Sleep in.
(d) Rise at dawn.

7. What is Billy writing in at the beginning of Part 2, Chapter 11?
(a) A map.
(b) The bible.
(c) A newspaper.
(d) His journal.

8. What does Billy do with his watch in Part 3, Chapter 18?
(a) Awaits synchronization.
(b) Breaks it.
(c) Sells it.
(d) Sends it home.

9. During headhunting, is someone decapitated?
(a) If the moon is full.
(b) No.
(c) Yes.
(d) It depends on community need.

10. Where will the funeral boat take Ngea?
(a) To an island.
(b) To sea.
(c) To heaven.
(d) To his grave.

11. Who does Billy write a letter to at the end of Part 3, Chapter 17?
(a) Dr. Rivers.
(b) His mother.
(c) His sister.
(d) Sarah.

12. Why does Dr. Rivers feel like the war has ended?
(a) He is not busy at work.
(b) People act as though it already has.
(c) His sister tells him it has.
(d) The weather is nice.

13. Where has Hallett been shot?
(a) In the face.
(b) In the chest.
(c) In his foot.
(d) In his arm.

14. What is Emele's physical appearance when the conch is blown?
(a) Bleeding from her knees.
(b) Bent over and crippled.
(c) Tired and haggard.
(d) Glowing and renewed.

15. What does Emele need to be successful in order to end her crouching?
(a) The eclipse.
(b) The headhunt.
(c) Game hunting.
(d) Stick gathering.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is the boy Njiru brings back to the village?

2. What happens to Hallett in Part 2, Chapter 13?

3. What worries Dr. Rivers during his dream in Part 2, Chapter 12?

4. What condition are the villages of France in?

5. What surprises Dr. Rivers at the end of Part 3, Chapter 16?

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