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

2. Who does Aldred dine with the evening of his return to England?
(a) Audrey.
(b) Iris.
(c) Helen.
(d) Aurora.

3. What news does the cable that comes for Aldred bring?
(a) His father dies.
(b) Peter dies.
(c) His mother dies.
(d) Benedict dies.

4. What does Helen believe New Zealand represents?
(a) The end of the earth.
(b) The end of her love of Aldred.
(c) The beginning of her adulthood.
(d) The start of her adventures.

5. How has Aldred's attitude toward war change?
(a) He becomes a pacifist.
(b) He wants to remember his war experiences more.
(c) He wants to return to being a solider.
(d) He wants England to engage in the war.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Peter run into outside of the theater?

2. Who is given the Leith property in the will?

3. What happens to the child Peter takes to the hospital?

4. Who is Lillian Geary?

5. What does Aldred think of most girls?

Short Essay Questions

1. What makes Peter compare Rita with Audrey?

2. How can the farewell kiss on the ship between Peter and Audrey be described?

3. Why does Peter attempt suicide?

4. How does Peter become ill?

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

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. Why does Aldred want to talk to Barry and Melba?

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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