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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who are Raimonda and Gigliola?
(a) Aldred's ex-girlfriends.
(b) Aldred's sisters.
(c) Helen's classmates.
(d) Daughters of Aldred's Italian language teacher.

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

3. What does Benedict fear happens when Aldred leaves for Hong Kong?
(a) He fears he dies.
(b) He fears Aldred does not return.
(c) He fears Barry does not let Aldred return.
(d) He fears Helen runs away.

4. Why doesn't Aldred's boat arrive on time?
(a) Because of a wreck.
(b) Because he stays longer in Hong Kong.
(c) Because he misses the morning boat.
(d) Because of a storm.

5. How is Aldred traveling in Japan?
(a) By car.
(b) By tank.
(c) By bicycle.
(d) By train.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Peter and Aldred carry in common?

2. Who judges Peter Exley to be a poor thing, but still marries him?

3. What does Aldred's father do for a living now?

4. Who's body does Aldred find on the path?

5. What is Aldred going to do with the information he is collecting daily?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Aldred meet Aurora?

2. What do thoughts of Aurora make Aldred Leith realize?

3. Why do the women from Peter's office take him out?

4. As Benedict's health worsens, what is his greatest desire?

5. Why does Peter's purchases as a youth embarrass his parents?

6. How does Aldred get the job of studying China and Japan?

7. What do Peter Exley and Hendriks talk about on the ship?

8. Why is Peter Exley in Hong Kong?

9. How does Aldred come to know Raimonda and Gigliola?

10. What impression of the Driscoll family does Aldred get upon meeting them?

(see the answer keys)

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