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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Miss Fry live with?
(a) Her sister.
(b) Her fiance.
(c) Her widowed mother.
(d) She lives alone.

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

3. Why does Barbara think the Fairfax boys don't talk to the local girls?
(a) They don't want to risk staying forever.
(b) They are too young to date.
(c) They don't want to get in trouble by the law.
(d) They don't like New Zealand accents.

4. Who is given the Leith property in the will?
(a) Aldred.
(b) Iris.
(c) A charity.
(d) Aurora.

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

6. Why does Peter write Audrey a letter so soon?
(a) He realizes he is madly in love with her.
(b) He forgets to wish her good luck.
(c) He feels the need to coverse with her.
(d) He does't want her to forget him.

7. What fills the bookshelves in the study at Aldred's parent's house?
(a) Books Aldred read during the war.
(b) Books written by Oliver.
(c) Books written by Aldred.
(d) Books Aldred read as a youth.

8. Why do they make an exception for Aldred and serve him lunch after closing?
(a) He asks the manager for an exception.
(b) The receptionist sees his military ribbons.
(c) He tips the waiter.
(d) His airport greeter insists.

9. Where is Brian Talbot going in six days?
(a) Home to Australia.
(b) Fighting in Korea.
(c) To Tokyo with Benedict.
(d) A new assignment in New Zealand.

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

11. Who does Peter take to da Silva's wedding?
(a) Rita Xavier.
(b) Audrey.
(c) Helen.
(d) Patti.

12. Who does Peter run into outside of the theater?
(a) Rita.
(b) Audrey.
(c) Brian Talbot.
(d) Rysom.

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

14. Why can't Peter take Rita to Australia?
(a) The White Australia Policy.
(b) She doesn't want to move.
(c) Her family doesn't allow her to leave China.
(d) His family doesn't like her.

15. Who has Aldred's papers that are hiding under Benedict's bed?
(a) Tad.
(b) Peter.
(c) Helen.
(d) Dench.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Peter do when he sees the state of the tailor's child?

2. What does Helen believe New Zealand represents?

3. Who does Aldred dine with the evening of his return to England?

4. Who offers to take Peter on a ship to Australia?

5. What courses are Helen's parents forcing her to take?

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