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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Four: Blood and Dust.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old was Winston Churchill in 1940?
(a) 63.
(b) 67.
(c) 64.
(d) 65.

2. When did France fall?
(a) June 15.
(b) June 19.
(c) June 21.
(d) June 17.

3. When did Mary Churchill write her mother and ask permission to leave Breccles Hall?
(a) September 3.
(b) September 2.
(c) September 4.
(d) September 1.

4. When did the British bomb Berlin for the first time?
(a) August 26.
(b) August 28.
(c) August 27.
(d) August 25.

5. When did Churchill refuse Lord Beaverbrook's resignation?
(a) July 3.
(b) July 5.
(c) July 1.
(d) July 6.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was the RAF Bomber Command established?

2. On December 29, how much of London's financial district was destroyed by the KGr100?

3. How much time did Colville and his fellow private secretaries wish to have off for Christmas?

4. How many errors did a typist, Elizabeth Layton, make in a 27-page speech?

5. When did the Churchills begin transferring their belongings to 10 Downing Street?

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