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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 makes Peter realize he can never love Rita?
(a) Her unwillingness to marry him.
(b) Her laziness at work.
(c) Her unwillingness to help the child.
(d) Her unwillingness to smile.

2. What does Aldred's mother want to do with her time now?
(a) Study.
(b) Travel.
(c) Write.
(d) Read.

3. What happens to the child Peter takes to the hospital?
(a) She lives.
(b) She dies in the hospital.
(c) She dies in the taxi.
(d) She is alive but paralyzed.

4. How old is Aurora when she marries?
(a) 27.
(b) 23.
(c) 17.
(d) 19.

5. How does Aldred want to help the Laister family?
(a) By babysitting Edith.
(b) By helping them buy firewood.
(c) By feeding the cat honey.
(d) By helping with Tone's court hearing.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Peter write Audrey a letter so soon?

2. Why do Tad and Helen send Aldred telegrams?

3. How does Mrs. Fry know about Aldred?

4. Who offers to take Peter on a ship to Australia?

5. Why does Bertram think Ben never returns from California?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Aldred think the idea of becoming a spy is an impossibility?

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

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

4. What does Barbara think is the biggest reason as to why the Fairfax brothers don't talk to the local girls in New Zealand?

5. Why is Peter so aware of his loneliness in Chapter 12?

6. What is Peter's long-term prognosis by the doctor?

7. Where does Aldred get the coat he and Helen are lying on in the grove?

8. Why does Peter attempt suicide?

9. What presents do Aldred and Aurora give each other and why?

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

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