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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Robert answer Elizabeth when she asks him about when he will marry her?
(a) He will initiate a divorce soon.
(b) His wife won't divorce him.
(c) He is no good for Elizabeth.
(d) He is no longer in love with him.

2. What does Stephen buy from a rude salesman in Norfolk?
(a) Two shirts.
(b) Tobacco.
(c) Cognac.
(d) Magazines.

3. Stephen's men have become ___________________.
(a) Formidable.
(b) Arrogant.
(c) Terrified.
(d) Lazy.

4. How many of Weir's men are buried in the tunnel explosion?
(a) 2.
(b) 22.
(c) 5.
(d) 7.

5. Where does Stephen visit Jeanne?
(a) Nice.
(b) Rouen.
(c) Paris.
(d) Amiens.

6. What do Jeanne and Stephen talk about when he visits her?
(a) The aftermath of war.
(b) Their future happiness.
(c) Her career.
(d) His family.

7. What does Stephen promise the German soldier who rescues him?
(a) To name his son after him.
(b) To send him some photographs.
(c) To write to him when he returns home.
(d) To write about him in his diary.

8. What organization does Elizabeth visit in Buckinghamshire to try to learn more about Stephen?
(a) The library.
(b) Army headquarters.
(c) The Red Cross.
(d) Public Records office.

9. What does Robert remove from his flat before Elizabeth arrives?
(a) Beer bottles.
(b) Dirty clothes.
(c) Items belonging to his family.
(d) Dirty dishes.

10. How does Weir die?
(a) A sniper shoots him in the head.
(b) He drowns.
(c) He is blown up by a grenade.
(d) He receives a bayonet injury.

11. How many men, including himself, still survive from Stephen's original platoon?
(a) 12.
(b) 16.
(c) 3.
(d) 51.

12. Section 13 takes place in which country?
(a) France.
(b) Germany.
(c) Ireland.
(d) England.

13. What does Stephen realize about Isabelle?
(a) She is too difficult to love.
(b) She no longer loves him.
(c) She is more beautiful than ever.
(d) She never really loved him.

14. Who does Elizabeth ask for help in decoding the notebooks?
(a) Phil.
(b) Charlie.
(c) Bill.
(d) Bob.

15. What does Stephen recall when he visits Amiens?
(a) His boyhood days.
(b) The time he spent with the Azaires.
(c) His university years.
(d) A Christmas holiday with friends.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the content of Jack's letter to Margaret?

2. What does Isabelle NOT tell Stephen about?

3. Elizabeth is advised to contact __________________ at the Star and Garter veterans home in Southland for more information about Stephen.

4. Stephen sometimes loves his men for their __________________, but sometimes feels contempt for them.

5. Who is the only one who escapes from the tunnel explosion?

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