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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. Who does Aldred run into at the hospital?
(a) Audrey.
(b) Brian.
(c) Tad.
(d) Peter.

2. How does Aldred expect to die from in the past?
(a) From the great fires of his life.
(b) From battle.
(c) From a plane crash.
(d) From a jealous soldier.

3. Why does Helen coming running up to Aldred when he returns from Nagasaki?
(a) She has a fight with Dench.
(b) Benedict dies.
(c) She is distraught because they take Benedict away.
(d) She is happy to see Aldred return.

4. Who prepares tea for Miss Fry in the afternoon?
(a) Melba.
(b) Audrey.
(c) A servant.
(d) Helen.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the doctor think Peter is lucky?

2. Where does Aldred take Helen on New Year's Day?

3. Who does Aldred dine with the evening of his return to England?

4. Who does Miss Fry live with?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What makes Peter compare Rita with Audrey?

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

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. How does Peter become ill?

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

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

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

9. Why does Peter attempt suicide?

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

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