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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why isn't Benedict engaged in the Japanese language lessons?
(a) He doesn't like to learn new languages.
(b) His concentration fails him.
(c) He already speaks fluent Japanese.
(d) He is busy touring Hiroshima.

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

3. Where is the plane that crashes flying in from?
(a) London.
(b) Shanghai.
(c) Canton.
(d) Sydney.

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

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

6. What city is Aldred staying in when he makes the deal to travel to China?
(a) Hong Kong.
(b) Paris.
(c) London.
(d) Rome.

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

8. What can't Oliver Leith live without?
(a) Love.
(b) Fame.
(c) Money.
(d) Happiness.

9. What does Aldred bring as a present when he arrives for breakfast with Helen and Benedict?
(a) A book.
(b) His report.
(c) Brandy.
(d) Flowers.

10. What does Peter Exley value above all others: the cathedral, the governor's villa, the post office or the bank?
(a) The governor's villa.
(b) The bank.
(c) The post office.
(d) The cathedral.

11. What does Peter Exley's pocket diary say?
(a) "Peter Exley."
(b) "Saint Aldred."
(c) "Inniskillings."
(d) "Saint Swithin."

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

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

14. Who is the Portuguese typist?
(a) Norah.
(b) Iris.
(c) Miss Xavier.
(d) Miss Mills.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Aldred write a letter to in Hong Kong?

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

3. How long is the war over?

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

5. Who is Lionello?

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