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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. At the time that Louis Greig offered to set Colville up with a medical interview in the process to enlist in the RAF, what was the life expectancy of a new member of a bomber crew?

2. When Colville and B racken drove to Ditchley on January 10, what did they run into?

3. When did Germany and Russia sign a nonagression pact?

4. What percent of respondents reported getting no sleep on the night of September 11?

5. During Battle of Britain Day, how many aircraft did the Germans lose?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who was William Averell Harriman?

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

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

4. What was said about British evacuations in Chapter 89?

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

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

7. Where was it decided that Mary Churchill would spend the winter?

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

9. Why was Hopkins accompanied by a British security agent as he flew back to the United States?

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

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

In London during an air raid, one building might be destroyed and one next door saved. A person might die, while someone next to them survived. What does it mean to be in the wrong/right place at a moment in time? What is conveyed about fate through the air raids and other incidents?

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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