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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Helen do in Marseilles that Benedict admires above all else?
(a) She buys everyone lunch.
(b) She ditches Benedict and her mom to ride a bus.
(c) She walks with Beneditct up a monument.
(d) She buys her mom a comb.

2. How long is it since Leith last sees Aurora?
(a) Two years.
(b) Four years.
(c) 10 years.
(d) Six years.

3. Who owns the dented tin box with "WAR GRAVES COMMISSION" engraved on it?
(a) Aldred Leith.
(b) Peter Exley.
(c) Brian Talbot.
(d) Roy Rysom.

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

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

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

7. Who does Leith go to the ballet with in the 1930s?
(a) Peter Exley.
(b) Jason Searle.
(c) Aurora.
(d) Iris.

8. The affair with Aurora ends when Aldred goes to study in what country?
(a) Italy.
(b) Australia.
(c) The United States.
(d) Japan.

9. What country is Brigadier Driscoll from?
(a) Australia.
(b) England.
(c) The United States.
(d) France.

10. Helen writes Aldred about a poem written about what Italian city?
(a) Florence.
(b) Verona.
(c) Rome.
(d) Pisa.

11. Who is Lionello?
(a) Aldred's teacher in Florence.
(b) Benedict's teacher in London.
(c) Aldred's teacher in Japan.
(d) Benedict's teacher in Marseille.

12. What happens to Gigliola?
(a) She marries Oliver.
(b) She is shot.
(c) She marries Aldred.
(d) She flees the country.

13. What does Peter buy with money he earns from odd jobs as a youth?
(a) Books.
(b) Rare music.
(c) Fine photographs.
(d) Posters.

14. Who picks Aldred up at the end of his journey to Kure?
(a) Brian Talbot.
(b) Oliver.
(c) Gardiner.
(d) Staff Sergeant Wells.

15. Who does Aldred sit next to at lunch upon arrival at the Driscolls?
(a) Calder.
(b) Mrs. Driscoll.
(c) Mr. Driscoll.
(d) Talbot.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the plane crash at the airport?

2. Who finds Peter a better place to live?

3. What is Aldred experiencing for the first time in many years when he returns to the compound?

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

5. Who says Aldred is reluctant to show his tender heart?

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