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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 Helen believe New Zealand represents?

2. What does Peter's emergency force Aldred to do?

3. Why can't Peter take Rita to Australia?

4. Who does Aldred dine with the evening of his return to England?

5. Why do they make an exception for Aldred and serve him lunch after closing?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Aldred want to talk to Barry and Melba?

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

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

5. Why does Peter attempt suicide?

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

7. Where does Aldred get the coat he and Helen are lying on in the grove?

8. Why is Aurora planning on leaving England so soon after Aldred returns?

9. How does Rita help Peter while he is in the hospital?

10. Why does Aldred believe he has survived all of his past obstacles?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Aldred deal with solitude? Is he really unaffected by his propensity for being alone or is he merely coping out of necessity?

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

How does tragedy help Aldred seek out and find happiness?

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