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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 doesn't Mrs. Ballie like Helen?
(a) She can't type.
(b) She speaks foreign languages.
(c) She wears a fancy coat.
(d) She lives overseas.

2. What gift is Aldred bestowed the night he returns to England?
(a) A train ticket.
(b) A novel.
(c) A photo.
(d) A diary.

3. Where is Brian Talbot going in six days?
(a) To Tokyo with Benedict.
(b) Home to Australia.
(c) A new assignment in New Zealand.
(d) Fighting in Korea.

4. Why doesn't Peter want to marry Rita?
(a) He doesn't love her.
(b) She is not kind enough.
(c) He is not serious enough.
(d) She is too young for him.

5. Who is given the Leith property in the will?
(a) Aldred.
(b) A charity.
(c) Aurora.
(d) Iris.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is delivering a letter from Helen to Benedict in person?

2. What does Peter write to Aldred about his feelings of Hong Kong?

3. Why do Tad and Helen send Aldred telegrams?

4. Why does the doctor think Peter is lucky?

5. How does Aldred expect to die from in the past?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why doesn't Rita want to help Peter with the dying child?

2. What does Bertram suggest Aldred do to get the Driscoll parents to approve Helen's move to England?

3. Why does Aldred turn down Calder's offer to work as a spy?

4. Why does Peter attempt suicide?

5. Why does Aldred believe he has survived all of his past obstacles?

6. Why do the Fry women like Helen so much?

7. Why is Aurora planning on leaving England so soon after Aldred returns?

8. What makes Peter compare Rita with Audrey?

9. Why does Sidney think Helen and Aldred will never see each other again?

10. What are the crisis' that Aldred must deal with upon his return from Nagasaki?

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