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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Stephen dream of when he rests after the boat outing?
(a) Lying in a field of flowers.
(b) Walking through fog.
(c) Saving a trapped bird.
(d) Flying.

2. Who did Isabelle marry?
(a) Phillippe Lefevre.
(b) Marcus Chevalier.
(c) Rene Azaire.
(d) Gerard Dupont.

3. What does Isabelle notice about Stephen during dinner?
(a) He is coughing a lot.
(b) He is not eating much.
(c) He is drinking too much.
(d) He won't look at her.

4. What does Jack's wife tell him about their son in a letter?
(a) He got straight A's this term.
(b) He is in the hospital with a fever.
(c) He broke his leg falling out of a tree.
(d) He has joined the Boy Scouts.

5. How old is Lisette?
(a) 15.
(b) 27.
(c) 17.
(d) 22.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Stephen take Weir to pay for a prostitute?

2. Why did Weir join the army?

3. Which family visits the Azaires after dinner?

4. Isabelle thinks that she should feel __________________ about sleeping with Stephen.

5. Stephen and Isabelle celebrate Stephen's ___________________ birthday together.

Short Essay Questions

1. What two events foreshadow Stephen's romantic relationship with Mme. Azaire (Isabelle)?

2. What does Stephen tell Weir when he wants to hear something other than war talk?

3. Why has Stephen come to France?

4. What does Jack's letter from his wife foreshadow?

5. What does Isabelle know her life will be when Stephen returns to England?

6. How does Lisette press herself on Stephen and what does she ultimately agree not to do?

7. What does Isabelle do on the boat outing that foreshadows her romance with Stephen?

8. Why is it that Stephen does not love his men as Captain Gray urges him to do?

9. Why does Stephen write to Isabelle prior to a big battle?

10. How did Stephen channel the loss of Isabelle into his behavior in the war?

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