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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Aldred spend two years walking across China?
(a) Because he wants to.
(b) Because he wants to find Professor Gardiner.
(c) Because he is in the Chinese Army.
(d) Because he escapes prison.

2. How long is Gardiner in prison?
(a) Nearly two years.
(b) He is never in prison.
(c) Three years.
(d) Nearly four years.

3. What is Aldred doing in Hiroshima?
(a) Looking for Iris.
(b) Touring the area to make maps.
(c) Touring the bomb sites to review the damage.
(d) Taking Japanese language lessons.

4. How long does it take the Signal Corps' wife to travel from Sydney to Kure?
(a) Five months.
(b) Five years.
(c) Five days.
(d) Five weeks.

5. Who is Carroll?
(a) The man responsible for setting off The Bomb.
(b) The Japanese language tutor.
(c) An American lieutenant in Hiroshima.
(d) The British lieutenant in Hiroshima.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Aldred traveling in Japan?

2. Where does Aldred consider the closest thing to home he has?

3. Who is Iris?

4. What does Gardnier think of Aldred?

5. Who's route across China does Aldred hope to mimic?

(see the answer key)

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