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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Besides from his travels and war involvement, why does Iris fear Aldred doesn't return home?
(a) Fear.
(b) Regret.
(c) Indifference.
(d) Remorse.

2. How does Mrs. Fry know about Aldred?
(a) She reads one of his letters to Helen.
(b) She overhears Melba talking about him.
(c) Helen talks about him.
(d) The postman tells her about Aldred.

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

4. Who does Aldred dine with the evening of his return to England?
(a) Aurora.
(b) Iris.
(c) Helen.
(d) Audrey.

5. Why does Helen coming running up to Aldred when he returns from Nagasaki?
(a) She is distraught because they take Benedict away.
(b) Benedict dies.
(c) She is happy to see Aldred return.
(d) She has a fight with Dench.

6. What two events make Peter realize how lonely he is?
(a) Two funerals.
(b) Two parties.
(c) Two birthdays.
(d) Two weddings.

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

8. What does Peter decide to do with the dying child?
(a) Take her to the hospital by taxi.
(b) Beg Rita for translation help.
(c) Wait for an ambulance.
(d) Let her stay home with her parents.

9. 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 don't like New Zealand accents.
(c) They are too young to date.
(d) They don't want to get in trouble by the law.

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

11. Who sails on The Mariposa?
(a) Tad.
(b) Barry and Melba Driscoll.
(c) Bertram.
(d) Helen.

12. Where is Audrey sailing?
(a) Yokohama.
(b) Tokyo.
(c) The United States.
(d) Kure.

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

14. What does Peter's emergency force Aldred to do?
(a) Sign up for the spy job.
(b) Write Helen a letter.
(c) Write Benedict a letter.
(d) Go to New Zealand.

15. Why does the doctor think Peter is lucky?
(a) He doesn't have any long-term damage.
(b) He returns to his law career.
(c) He doesn't contract tuberculosis.
(d) He gets to marry Rita.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mrs. Fry want Helen to write Aldred?

2. Who greets Aldred when he returns to England?

3. What about Benedict seems to improve, even as his health fails?

4. Where is Brian Talbot going in six days?

5. What is the one thing Aurora wants to know about Aldred when they meet before she leaves for Kenya?

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