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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the headquarters of the Prime Minister known as?
(a) Annexe
(b) Downing
(c) Central Rooms
(d) The Tunnels

2. How old was Randolf when he resigned his position?
(a) 37
(b) 54
(c) 61
(d) 49

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

4. In WWI, Churchill believes that the continental armies cannot overcome what?
(a) British Navy
(b) American forces
(c) Fighter pilots
(d) The Alps

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

6. What brings the family back to London?
(a) The Churchill estate burns
(b) Randolph enters a business deal
(c) Randolph is elected to Parliament
(d) Winston's schooling

7. Winston graduates in what position out of the class of 130?
(a) 12
(b) 130
(c) 1
(d) 33

8. Winston's mother's family fought in what war?
(a) Revolutionary War
(b) Prussian War
(c) WWI
(d) Crusades

9. What is Winston like at school?
(a) Happy
(b) Grateful
(c) Rebellious
(d) Timid

10. What helps save the British troops?
(a) An atomic bomb
(b) American troops
(c) A U-boat
(d) A volunteer flotilla

11. Where did the family move to?
(a) Dublin
(b) Paris
(c) Grayling
(d) Wales

12. What do many Britons suffer from in the possessions?
(a) Financial difficulties
(b) Racism
(c) Health problems
(d) Dementia

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

14. Where is Churchill when Hitler invades Poland?
(a) Dunkirk
(b) Chartwell
(c) London
(d) Dublin

15. Randolph decides to do what as a career?
(a) Doctor
(b) Journalist
(c) Clergy
(d) Lawyer

Short Answer Questions

1. The British gave the impression of being which of the following to other groups?

2. Most people in the upper class in the late 1800s prefer which of their homes?

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

4. What percentage of the world's merchant ships fly the British flag?

5. What modern technology does Churchill not like?

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