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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. Who owns the dented tin box with "WAR GRAVES COMMISSION" engraved on it?

2. How old is Helen now?

3. What place does NOT have a room for Peter Exley?

4. Why does Helen shower in Aldred's room the morning of his arrival?

5. Where does Aldred consider the closest thing to home he has?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why doesn't Aldred mind being alone?

2. Why does Peter think Aldred is dead?

3. Where is Aldred Leith and what is he doing?

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

5. What does Aldred interrupt when he goes for a walk, after writing letters on his first night at the Driscoll's?

6. What happens to Professor Gardiner's wife?

7. Why is Professor Gardiner in prison during the war?

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

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

10. Why does it take all day for Aldred to reflect and appreciate his good fortune for not being on the plane that crashed?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast Peter and Aldred. What struggles and successes do they share? What actions make them different?

Essay Topic 2

Aldred, Peter and Helen each deal with loneliness. How does it affect them differently? What do they have in common when being affected by loneliness? What does loneliness prompt each character to do?

Essay Topic 3

Why is it difficult for Aldred to transition between war and the death that comes from violence to peacetime and life without wartime death?

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