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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapter 13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Aldred believe literature does for Helen and Benedict?
(a) It makes them anti-social.
(b) It makes them sad.
(c) It frees and delievers them.
(d) It makes them appear like young children.

2. Who is Audrey Fellows?
(a) A woman Aldred knows during the war.
(b) Aldred's ex-wife.
(c) Peter's ex-wife.
(d) A single woman Aldred meets in Hong Kong.

3. How does Aldred describe Peter to Helen in the letter?
(a) As a bitter man.
(b) As a humerous man.
(c) As a lonely man.
(d) As a mean man.

4. How does Peter describe Canton?
(a) Charming and electric.
(b) Squalid and indistinct with chaos.
(c) Big, bustling and overwhelming.
(d) Quiet and passive.

5. Who does Aldred write a letter to in Hong Kong?
(a) Barry Driscoll.
(b) Brian Talbot.
(c) Peter Exley.
(d) Benedict Driscoll.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Aldred wounded in war?

2. What does Aldred want to look for in town?

3. How does Helen describe Dench?

4. How many letters are waiting for Aldred at Peter's barracks?

5. Where is the plane that crashes flying in from?

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