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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Most people in the upper class in the late 1800s prefer which of their homes?
(a) City homes
(b) Vacation homes
(c) Country homes
(d) Suburban homes

2. Who is Winston's father?
(a) Randolph
(b) Henry
(c) Charles
(d) Edward

3. The British Empire covers how much of the world in the 1800s?
(a) 25 percent
(b) 50 percent
(c) 5 percent
(d) 10 percent

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

5. Jennie believes that Randolph will become what?
(a) King of England
(b) Prime Minister
(c) Ambassador to France
(d) Minister of Parliament

6. Churchill believes that he controls what?
(a) His emotions
(b) The stock market
(c) His own fate
(d) The German army

7. What school is Winston enrolled in?
(a) St. George's School
(b) St. Michael's School
(c) Kent School
(d) Oxford School

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

9. Who is hired as Winston's nanny?
(a) May Christiansson
(b) Abigail Montague
(c) Elizabeth Anne Everest
(d) Sarah Jane Thompson

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

11. Winston studies for exams at which military school?
(a) Sandhurst
(b) Camelot
(c) Excelsior
(d) Orangey

12. What does Winston develop at Harrow?
(a) A crush on the headmistress
(b) A gambling problem
(c) A stammer
(d) A goal to become Prime Minister

13. England is under the rule of which royal person at the time of Churchill's birth?
(a) King Henry
(b) King Edward
(c) Queen Elizabeth
(d) Queen Victoria

14. What does Churchill tell his country to prepare for?
(a) Defeat
(b) Food rationing
(c) Nuclear warfare
(d) A long war

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Winston Churchill is born in what year?

2. What does Churchill never attend?

3. Daughters who do not marry in the late 1800s become almost what?

4. Randolph's family is good friends with whom?

5. What do many Britons suffer from in the possessions?

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