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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapter 15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do thoughts of Aurora make Leith believe about himself?
(a) That he has a substantial past.
(b) That he is old and lonely.
(c) That he needs to write a memoir.
(d) That he lives a boring life.

2. Why does Helen shower in Aldred's room the morning of his arrival?
(a) So she can look at his room one more time.
(b) So she doesn't wake Benedict.
(c) To make sure the shower works.
(d) So Benedict can use the other shower.

3. Why does Peter get up so early to go to the airport?
(a) He lives a great distance from the airport.
(b) He is excited to see Aldred.
(c) He hears a plane crashes.
(d) He wants to beat traffic.

4. How does Aldred describe Gigliola?
(a) A laughing, quicksilver girl.
(b) A frail and quiet girl.
(c) A sad, weeping girl.
(d) A loud, outgoing girl.

5. Who is Charlotte?
(a) The girl who influences him to learn Japanese.
(b) A girl Aldred knows as a child.
(c) A woman he meets during the war.
(d) The Hiroshima bomb site tour guide.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long is Gardiner in prison?

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

3. What does Peter do when he sees the state of the tailor's child?

4. How does Aldred describe Peter to Helen in the letter?

5. Why doesn't Aldred want to question the children about the body?

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