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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 lives overseas.
(c) She speaks foreign languages.
(d) She wears a fancy coat.

2. What is the one thing Aurora wants to know about Aldred when they meet before she leaves for Kenya?
(a) If he ever loves Oliver.
(b) If he still loves Aurora.
(c) If he has a woman in his life.
(d) If he wants to go to Kenya with her.

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

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

5. What does Aldred think of most girls?
(a) That they are kind.
(b) That they are chatty.
(c) That they are pretty.
(d) That they are organized.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Miss Fry live with?

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

3. Who does Peter know helps him with the dying child without question?

4. Why does Barbara think the Fairfax boys don't talk to the local girls?

5. What does Peter attempt to do in the hospital?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. Why does Peter attempt suicide?

8. Why does Aldred feel the need to visit George Laister?

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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