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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. Why does Peter get up so early to go to the airport?
(a) He wants to beat traffic.
(b) He is excited to see Aldred.
(c) He lives a great distance from the airport.
(d) He hears a plane crashes.

2. How does Benedict think Helen changes?
(a) By having to take care of her more ill brother.
(b) By having to deal with her angry mother.
(c) By having another birthday while Aldred is away.
(d) By thinking of Aldred while he is away.

3. What country is Brigadier Driscoll from?
(a) Australia.
(b) France.
(c) England.
(d) The United States.

4. The affair with Aurora ends when Aldred goes to study in what country?
(a) The United States.
(b) Japan.
(c) Italy.
(d) Australia.

5. How long is Gardiner in prison?
(a) Nearly four years.
(b) He is never in prison.
(c) Three years.
(d) Nearly two years.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Aldred Leith?

2. Why does Lionello's law business suffer?

3. Who is Carroll?

4. Where do the Driscoll siblings start their journey East alone?

5. What does Aldred bring as a present when he arrives for breakfast with Helen and Benedict?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Aldred equally happy and sad to be around Helen?

2. Why is Talbot afraid to take Japanese language lessons with Aldred?

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

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

5. Why doesn't Aldred mind being alone?

6. Why is Peter Exley in Hong Kong?

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

8. Why does Peter think Aldred is dead?

9. Why does Benedict admire Helen for ditching him in Marseilles?

10. Why does Aldred value the letters Peter has waiting for him iin Hong Kong so much?

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