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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. Why does Peter write Audrey a letter so soon?

2. What happens to Peter?

3. Who is delivering a letter from Helen to Benedict in person?

4. How does Helen describe Dench?

5. Why doesn't Mrs. Ballie like Helen?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Why is Peter so aware of his loneliness in Chapter 12?

5. Why doesn't Rita want to help Peter with the dying child?

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

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

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

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

10. How does Peter become ill?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

How is death used throughout the book? What does it prompt? What does it cause? Who does it affect? Use examples from the novel to discuss how death affects the plot and the characters.

Essay Topic 3

Why does Aldred struggle with finding his home? Why does he even have problems claiming a hometown?

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