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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Winston's father is the seventh Duke of _______________.
(a) Dunkirk
(b) Marlborough
(c) Costwald
(d) Kent

2. How many warships does the British Navy have in the late 1800s?
(a) 720
(b) 54
(c) 170
(d) 330

3. The Nazi threat spread to where?
(a) Canada
(b) The Middle East
(c) The United States
(d) Antarctica

4. The British Empire begins with their discovery of what?
(a) Australia
(b) West Indies
(c) The United States
(d) Newfoundland

5. Who is against a negotiated settlement?
(a) Churchill
(b) Halifax
(c) Hitler
(d) Wilson

6. What did Britain think it would never lose?
(a) The Empire
(b) WWII
(c) The American Revolution
(d) Spanish-American War

7. What does Churchill blame his weaknesses on?
(a) Love
(b) The lack of a university education
(c) Alcohol
(d) His father's death

8. In order to secure their Indian Empire, the British have to control the southern part of what?
(a) Australia
(b) South America
(c) Africa
(d) Newfoundland

9. What percentage of miners was British?
(a) One-quarter
(b) Nine tenths
(c) One-third
(d) One tenth

10. Where did the family live in London?
(a) Mayflower Lane
(b) St. James Street
(c) Steeping Street
(d) First Street

11. How old is Winston's mother when she meets his father?
(a) 27
(b) 12
(c) 19
(d) 23

12. Canada is acquired by whom?
(a) Hudson Bay Company
(b) Grand River Company
(c) East India Company
(d) California Gold Company

13. The book begins with the British Army retreating to which town?
(a) Crawley
(b) Dunkirk
(c) Oakham
(d) Acle

14. Where is the family's country home?
(a) Scotland
(b) The French wine region
(c) Dunkirk
(d) Kent

15. What subject does Winston have trouble with?
(a) Writing
(b) History
(c) Reading
(d) Arithmetic

Short Answer Questions

1. Churchill thinks of himself as what?

2. What was the banking center of the world in the late 1800s?

3. What does Churchill lose more of than any other British politician?

4. In WWI, Churchill believes that the continental armies cannot overcome what?

5. Who is the enemy that the British Army is fighting against?

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