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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. What was the number of the bill introduced in Congress that later became the Lend-Lease Act?

2. In December how many planes could the Air Minsitry not account for out of 8,500?

3. How many days did Goring promise Werner Molders that he would detain Adolf Galland at his hunting lodge in East Prussia?

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

5. When did Mary attend London's yearly debutante ball in 1941?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Goring summon Galland and Werner Molders to his hunting lodge in East Prussia?

2. Why was Hitler outraged in Chapter 85?

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

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

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

6. Why was there a gloomy mood at Chequers the first of April?

7. How much time did Carnac Rivett, Pamela's doctor, start spending at Chequers in September?

8. On April 16, what was the damage from a raid?

9. Who was Harry Hopkins, and what did he look like?

10. Where did Churchill and others watch the air raid on March 19?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Lindemann served as Churchill’s personal scientific advisor. How did Lindemann’s enemies portray him? What was Lindemann like in private? How was Lindemann a different man in public and in private?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Imagery is a literary device authors use to describe something using the five senses to help readers experience what a character is experiencing. How does the author use imagery to help readers imagine the world Churchill and others lived in from May 1940 to May 1941?

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