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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Chip mention as never forgetting In Chapter 12?
(a) To always have a tea service ready for guests.
(b) The faces of his students.
(c) The beautiful oak tree that stood outside his classroom window.
(d) The mistakes that he has made.

2. Who was the smallest new boy Brookfield had ever had?
(a) Fairbank.
(b) Fletcher.
(c) Forrester.
(d) Finnegan.

3. Who was named as Ralston's replacement?
(a) Chappell.
(b) Chatteris.
(c) Chambers.
(d) Childers.

4. By what date did Chips hope that World War I would be over?
(a) Armistice Day.
(b) St. Patrick's Day.
(c) Christmas.
(d) Easter.

5. When he retired, how many years had Chips been at Brookfield?
(a) 47 years.
(b) 50 years.
(c) 52 years.
(d) 42 years.

6. What does Chips note that one of the new teachers at Brookfield allows his class to do?
(a) To miss class without punishment.
(b) To call him by his first name.
(c) To wear clothing other than their school uniforms.
(d) To invite girls to visit at the school.

7. In Chapter 12, what was read every Sunday night during Chapel service?
(a) Letters from soldiers.
(b) The names of fallen former students.
(c) The local newspaper.
(d) Weekly messages from the King.

8. In Chapter 10, why is the student who Chips asked to stay behind upset?
(a) because he is being bullied.
(b) Because his mother is ill.
(c) Because his father is aboard the Titanic.
(d) Because he thinks that he has failed his university exams.

9. What did Chips consider giving up following Katherine's death??
(a) His job.
(b) His inheritance.
(c) His apartment.
(d) His housemastership.

10. Who became the school's new headmaster?
(a) Rankin.
(b) Ralston.
(c) Randall.
(d) Robberson.

11. What did Chips wonder about in Chapter 16?
(a) He wondered whether he could attend the school's year-end party.
(b) He wondered about what had happened to his former students.
(c) He wondered whether England would go to war again.
(d) He wondered who was now teaching in his old classroom.

12. How old does Chips recall being in Chapter 9?
(a) 43 years old.
(b) 39 years old.
(c) 48 years old.
(d) 50 years old.

13. In Chapter 13, what does Chatteris hope that Chips will be able to do to help him?
(a) Raise enough money to keep the school going.
(b) Improve the students' test scores.
(c) Hold the school together.
(d) Convince the parents that all is well.

14. What did Chips joke that he thought that a "Wurlitzer" was?
(a) A dog breed.
(b) A weapon.
(c) A sausage.
(d) A candy.

15. What illness forced Chips to leave the school for a while?
(a) Pneumonia.
(b) Bronchitis.
(c) Measles.
(d) Shingles.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Ralston ask Chips to do in 1908?

2. What began to spring up quite near to Brookfield in 1915?

3. What did Chips say about the man who delivered a speech in his honor upon his retirement?

4. What kind of man was Ralson's replacement?

5. Which group of people does Chips make reference to in Chapter 9?

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