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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to George Laister?
(a) He loses his feet to a mine.
(b) He loses his feet to a grenade bomb.
(c) He loses his feet to paralysis.
(d) He loses his feet to frostbite.

2. Who is delivering a letter from Helen to Benedict in person?
(a) Peter.
(b) Tad.
(c) Audrey.
(d) Aldred.

3. How is Aldred wounded in war?
(a) Knife wound.
(b) He lost hearing in one ear.
(c) Gunshot wound.
(d) Grenade bomb.

4. How has Aldred's attitude toward war change?
(a) He becomes a pacifist.
(b) He wants to return to being a solider.
(c) He wants to remember his war experiences more.
(d) He wants England to engage in the war.

5. Who does Peter see at a fancy place, dancing and having a good time?
(a) Rita.
(b) Rysom.
(c) Aldred.
(d) Audrey.

6. How does Aldred expect to die from in the past?
(a) From the great fires of his life.
(b) From battle.
(c) From a jealous soldier.
(d) From a plane crash.

7. What happens to the child Peter takes to the hospital?
(a) She dies in the hospital.
(b) She dies in the taxi.
(c) She is alive but paralyzed.
(d) She lives.

8. Why does Bertram think Ben never returns from California?
(a) He dies from his illness soon.
(b) He doesn't want to live with his parents again.
(c) He falls in love with California.
(d) His illness appals his parents.

9. Who does Aldred run into at the hospital?
(a) Brian.
(b) Audrey.
(c) Tad.
(d) Peter.

10. How does Aldred want to help the Laister family?
(a) By helping with Tone's court hearing.
(b) By helping them buy firewood.
(c) By babysitting Edith.
(d) By feeding the cat honey.

11. What does Aldred's mother want to do with her time now?
(a) Travel.
(b) Read.
(c) Write.
(d) Study.

12. Where does Aldred take Helen on New Year's Day?
(a) To a party.
(b) To a temple.
(c) To a park.
(d) To a river.

13. What job is Aldred offered by Calder?
(a) To be a Japanese studies professor.
(b) To be a poet.
(c) To be a military advisor.
(d) To be a spy.

14. Who does Aurora meet in Kenya?
(a) Peter.
(b) Benedict.
(c) Helen.
(d) Raimonda.

15. What does Aldred think of most girls?
(a) That they are organized.
(b) That they are pretty.
(c) That they are kind.
(d) That they are chatty.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who invites Helen to Lowry Bay?

2. What does Peter write to Aldred about his feelings of Hong Kong?

3. Who has Aldred's papers that are hiding under Benedict's bed?

4. How does Mrs. Fry know about Aldred?

5. Why does Barbara think the Fairfax boys don't talk to the local girls?

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