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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 Helen coming running up to Aldred when he returns from Nagasaki?

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

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

4. Who sails on The Mariposa?

5. Who is given the Leith property in the will?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Barbara think is the biggest reason as to why the Fairfax brothers don't talk to the local girls in New Zealand?

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

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

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

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

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

7. How does Peter become ill?

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

9. What makes Peter compare Rita with Audrey?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast Barry Driscoll with Benedict Driscoll. What makes them equally vital characters in the book?

Essay Topic 2

What role does Bertram play in the lives of Helen, Benedict and Aldred? What does he provide to each character?

Essay Topic 3

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.

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