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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. On January 15, what destroyer did Churchill, Clementine, Hopkins, Ismay, and Halifax board?

2. How long would the fuel that the RAF fighters carried keep them flying?

3. The night of the debutante ball, how did Snakehips Johnson get to the cafe de Paris?

4. When did John Colville have his medical interview for the RAF?

5. What did Clementine use Churchill's honey to sweeten in Chapter 91?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Roosevelt discuss in his Fireside Chat on December 29?

2. What happened to the Cafe de Paris on March 8?

3. When was a parliamentary debate on Churchill's handling of the war take place and what were the results?

4. How close did the king and queen come to getting bombed?

5. To whom did Mary Churchill become engaged in May, and how did her mother feel about the engagement?

6. In Chapter 90, what was the damage in Plymouth?

7. What happened during the attack on Coventry on November 14?

8. In Chapter 91, why were German pilots growing distrustful of their navigational beams?

9. Regarding the September 7 raid, what did Beaverbrook want David Farrer to do?

10. What ship was used to take the Halifaxes and General Lee to America and why?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Beaverbrook constantly submitted his resignation to Churchill. How many times did Beaverbrook resign? How many times did Churchill refuse his resignation? What did their back and forth regarding the resignations reveal about tenacity?

Essay Topic 2

The British began having losses in Greece and the Middle East. Why were these losses problematic? What consequences did the losses have for Churchill and the war effort?

Essay Topic 3

Foreshadowing is a method authors use to hint at events to come in a book. How does the author use foreshadowing in the book? Does the use of foreshadowing create suspense?

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