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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Where do the Driscoll siblings start their journey East alone?
(a) London.
(b) Hong Kong.
(c) Naples.
(d) Sydney.

4. What emotion does Peter admit to having about Aldred's love of Helen?
(a) Disgust.
(b) Anger.
(c) Joy.
(d) Envy.

5. Who judges Peter Exley to be a poor thing, but still marries him?
(a) Iris.
(b) Brenda.
(c) Norah.
(d) Miss Xavier.

6. What does Aldred's father do for a living now?
(a) He's a sailor.
(b) He's a geologist.
(c) He's an author.
(d) He's a teacher.

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

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

9. How does Aldred describe Helen at first glance?
(a) As quiet and un-endearing.
(b) As a radiant version of Mrs. Driscoll.
(c) As if Benedict is re-created in perfect health.
(d) As a young girl who is older than she looks.

10. Who is in the photo Aldred stares at for so long in Chapter One?
(a) His mother.
(b) His father.
(c) His uncle.
(d) His army buddy.

11. Who's body does Aldred find on the path?
(a) Talbot's.
(b) Ginger's.
(c) Barry's.
(d) The Japanese servent's.

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

13. Who goes looking for Aldred in Kure?
(a) Iris.
(b) Raimonda.
(c) Two American men.
(d) Oliver.

14. How long is the war over?
(a) Two weeks.
(b) Two years.
(c) Two months.
(d) Two decades.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who has a crush on Helen besides Aldred?

2. Who is with the Driscoll children in London during the medical tests?

3. What do thoughts of Aurora make Leith believe about himself?

4. What is Peter's first love?

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

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