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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. How does Helen describe Dench?

2. Who prepares tea for Miss Fry in the afternoon?

3. How many steps to the top of the Monument?

4. Where does Aldred take Helen on New Year's Day?

5. How has Aldred's attitude toward war change?

Short Essay Questions

1. What makes Peter compare Rita with Audrey?

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

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

4. How can the farewell kiss on the ship between Peter and Audrey be described?

5. What do the Fry women think about Helen's love of Aldred?

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

7. How does Peter become ill?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

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?

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