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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who pays the Italian family's fine?
(a) Oliver.
(b) Lionello.
(c) Aldred.
(d) Peter.

3. What is Aldred's ex-wife's name?
(a) Moira.
(b) Helen.
(c) Gigliola.
(d) Aurora.

4. What is Benedict's affliction?
(a) Parkinson's Disease.
(b) Friedreich's Ataxia.
(c) Cancer.
(d) Tuberculosis.

5. How does Aldred feel the morning he travels to Florence for an Easter trip?
(a) He loves the world.
(b) He feels energetic.
(c) He wants to scream.
(d) He feels pure anxiety.

6. How many letters are waiting for Aldred at Peter's barracks?
(a) None.
(b) Two.
(c) Twelve.
(d) Three.

7. Where is Aldred flying in from to see Peter?
(a) Tokyo.
(b) Shanghai.
(c) Kure.
(d) Ita Jima.

8. Why does Aurora give Aldred Leith books and a photo?
(a) The books are written by Aldred's father.
(b) She wants to sell them for extra money.
(c) Her son moves to Spain.
(d) Her son dies and wills them to Aldred.

9. What is Peter's first love?
(a) Art.
(b) History.
(c) Romance languages.
(d) Law.

10. What is Aldred going to write about in the report?
(a) The suicide.
(b) The trip to Kure.
(c) Ginger's death.
(d) His need for another assignment.

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

12. Who finds Peter a better place to live?
(a) Aldred.
(b) Peter.
(c) Oliver.
(d) Barry.

13. What does Aldred want to look for in town?
(a) A gift for Helen.
(b) Another room to stay.
(c) Another job.
(d) Transportation home.

14. What does the American doctor send Benedict?
(a) An apology letter.
(b) A new medicine.
(c) A list of helpful exercises.
(d) A new vaccine.

15. Where does Aldred consider the closest thing to home he has?
(a) Near Hong Kong.
(b) Near the North Sea.
(c) Near Sydney.
(d) Near London.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Peter Exley value above all others: the cathedral, the governor's villa, the post office or the bank?

2. What sport is played near Peter Exley's office?

3. Why does Lionello's law business suffer?

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

5. Who is Aldred Leith?

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