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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. What does Benedict fear happens when Aldred leaves for Hong Kong?

2. How long is it since Leith last sees Aurora?

3. What is Benedict's affliction?

4. Who does Aldred invite to dinner to meet Peter?

5. Who is Charlotte?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Peter think about Aldred's situation with Helen?

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

3. What impression of the Driscoll family does Aldred get upon meeting them?

4. Why does Peter's purchases as a youth embarrass his parents?

5. What role does Gardiner play in Chapter Two?

6. Why does Aldred think Gardiner is still around him?

7. Why don't the Driscoll siblings ask Aldred about his war experiences?

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

9. What do Benedict and Helen fear will happen while Aldred is away on his two month journey away from Kure?

10. What happens to Professor Gardiner's wife?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Aldred eventually is able to find his way home and make his home a place he wants to be permanently. What helps him make the leap from being a man without a true home to a man who longs for nothing but permanency?

Essay Topic 2

How are Helen and Benedict so happy when they deal with Benedict's disease every day? What makes them capable of having so much joy on a daily basis?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the women and the role they play in Aldred's life. Choose at least three women in the book and discuss the influence they have over Aldred and the actions he takes because of each woman.

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