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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. What is Peter Exley's job?
(a) To prosecute war crimes.
(b) To write about The Bomb aftermath.
(c) To write about China's civil war.
(d) To represent war criminals.

2. Who is Carroll?
(a) The Japanese language tutor.
(b) The British lieutenant in Hiroshima.
(c) An American lieutenant in Hiroshima.
(d) The man responsible for setting off The Bomb.

3. Where is Peter's new house?
(a) On the university grounds.
(b) In Canton.
(c) On MacGregor Road.
(d) In Kure.

4. Why is Benedict going to Tokyo?
(a) To learn Japanese.
(b) To tour the city.
(c) To meet Aldred on his way home.
(d) To meet an American doctor.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Peter Exley value above all others: the cathedral, the governor's villa, the post office or the bank?

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

3. Helen writes Aldred about a poem written about what Italian city?

4. Why does Aurora give Aldred Leith books and a photo?

5. What does Bertram send Benedict through the mail?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Exley living with Roy Rysom?

2. Why does Helen cry when hearing the story about Raimonda and Gigliola?

3. Why does Aldred want to walk alone, without Peter?

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

5. Why doesn't Aldred mind being alone?

6. Why does it take all day for Aldred to reflect and appreciate his good fortune for not being on the plane that crashed?

7. What does Aldred interrupt when he goes for a walk, after writing letters on his first night at the Driscoll's?

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

9. What does Peter think about Aldred's situation with Helen?

10. Why is Professor Gardiner in prison during the war?

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