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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the plane that crashes flying in from?

2. Why does Peter get up so early to go to the airport?

3. How does Benedict think Helen changes?

4. How does Peter describe Canton?

5. What does Peter Exley's pocket diary say?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Aldred get the job of studying China and Japan?

2. How does Aldred come to know Raimonda and Gigliola?

3. Why is Peter Exley in Hong Kong?

4. Why is Aldred equally happy and sad to be around Helen?

5. Why is Aldred touring Hiroshima?

6. Why does Aldred want to walk alone, without Peter?

7. How does Aldred describe Helen?

8. Why is Exley living with Roy Rysom?

9. As Benedict's health worsens, what is his greatest desire?

10. Why doesn''t the affair between Aldred and Aurora last?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast Barry Driscoll with Benedict Driscoll. What makes them equally vital characters in the book?

Essay Topic 2

What makes Aldred capable of being a decorated war hero who turns into a pacifist? Explore the reasons he holds both distinctions.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Helen's transformation from a girl to a woman throughout the book. Describe her on the day Aldred first sees her. Describe her on the day he wakes her from sleeping on the front porch. What changes? Why does she change? Use examples.

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