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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old is the boy Njiru brings back to the village?
(a) Sixteen.
(b) Four.
(c) Thirteen.
(d) Ten.

2. What happens to Hallett in Part 2, Chapter 13?
(a) He goes home.
(b) He is injured.
(c) He gets married.
(d) He is killed.

3. Dr. Rivers hears a girl meets for sex with how many boys?
(a) Zero.
(b) Six.
(c) One.
(d) Three.

4. What type of weather does Dr. Rivers remember from Eddystone?
(a) Rain.
(b) Hurricanes.
(c) Snow.
(d) Tornadoes.

5. What happens to Longstaffe in Part 2, Chapter 13?
(a) He defects.
(b) He fights Billy.
(c) He is wounded.
(d) He is killed.

6. What happens to Billy in battle, as he heads across the water?
(a) He's invincible.
(b) He faints.
(c) He's shot.
(d) He has a panic attack.

7. What sounds awakens Dr. Rivers when Ngea dies?
(a) Ngea's whispering spirit.
(b) Dogs howling.
(c) Women crying.
(d) The skulls clinking.

8. In Part 3, Chapter 17, what does Billy have to march through?
(a) The mountains.
(b) Snow and ice.
(c) Hungry children and angry farmers.
(d) Dead bodies and stagnant water.

9. 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.

10. Who cares for Dr. Rivers in Part 2, Chapter 10?
(a) His father.
(b) His landlady.
(c) His sister.
(d) A fellow doctor.

11. Where is Ngea's body escorted to, prior to meeting the funeral boat?
(a) A ledge.
(b) The beach.
(c) A cave.
(d) The barracks.

12. Where does Billy fight from in the beginning of Part 2, Chapter 13?
(a) Foxholes.
(b) Barricades.
(c) Tanks.
(d) He doesn't.

13. Who does Wansbeck admit to having conversations with?
(a) The ghost of the soldier he killed.
(b) Dr. Rivers.
(c) The deceased woman he almost married.
(d) His mother.

14. Billy's living conditions in Part 2, Chapter 11 are in what condition?
(a) Under siege.
(b) Half pigsty and half kitchen.
(c) Booby trapped by the French.
(d) Half cowshed and half outdoor toilet.

15. What is the date in Part 2, Chapter 13?
(a) November, 1943.
(b) September, 1970.
(c) October, 1918.
(d) August, 1993.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does Emele leave the mourning hut?

2. What is Billy's unit called?

3. While ill, how does Dr. Rivers get news of the war?

4. What are phantasms asking Sassoon?

5. What condition are the villages of France in?

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