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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. How old is Aldred in 1947?
(a) 32.
(b) 20.
(c) 23.
(d) 33.

2. What does Gardnier think of Aldred?
(a) Aldred is not brave.
(b) Aldred is alone too long.
(c) Aldred is too weak.
(d) Aldred travels too much.

3. Why is Aldred driving to the Discoll's house?
(a) He is going to stay with them.
(b) He is going to tell them about Professor Gardiner.
(c) He is going to study them.
(d) He is lost and needs directions.

4. How does Ginger describe the mornings in Kure?
(a) "Lovely, I can tell you."
(b) "Overwhelming, I can tell you."
(c) "Damp, I can tell you."
(d) "Peaceful, I can tell you."

5. Who does Aldred write a letter to in Hong Kong?
(a) Benedict Driscoll.
(b) Barry Driscoll.
(c) Peter Exley.
(d) Brian Talbot.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Carroll?

2. Who finds Peter a better place to live?

3. What does Peter Exley's pocket diary say?

4. How long is it since Leith last sees Aurora?

5. What emotion does Peter admit to having about Aldred's love of Helen?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Aldred meet Aurora?

2. Why don't the Driscoll siblings ask Aldred about his war experiences?

3. Where is Aldred Leith and what is he doing?

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

5. Who is more curious about each other; Aldred about the Driscoll siblings or the siblings about Aldred?

6. Why is Exley living with Roy Rysom?

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

8. What happens to Professor Gardiner's wife?

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

10. Why is Peter upset that Aldred found him a new place to live?

(see the answer keys)

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