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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Chips think that Ralston was trying to run Brookfield?
(a) Like an asylum.
(b) Like a nursery school.
(c) Like a prison.
(d) Like a factory.

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

3. How many Brookfield students died in the Battle of the Somme?
(a) 13.
(b) 23.
(c) 18.
(d) 34.

4. When did Chatteris fall?
(a) Spring, 1917.
(b) Autumn, 1920.
(c) Summer, 1920.
(d) Winter, 1917.

5. What did Chips discover in himself after having had Katherine in his life?
(a) Confidence in his writing.
(b) Pride in his work.
(c) A love for athletics.
(d) An impatience for stupidity.

6. What did Chips consider the comment, "He still has 'em" to mean?
(a) That he still had sense and vitality.
(b) That he could still get away with anything.
(c) That he still had dignity and generosity.
(d) That he was still able to hold an audience's attention.

7. In Chapter 14, who volunteered to read a passage during class?
(a) Malican.
(b) Marshall.
(c) Maynard.
(d) McGill.

8. Under Ralston's leadership, what kind of students populated Brookfield the most?
(a) Students on scholarships.
(b) Working class boys.
(c) Students with poor grades.
(d) Rich men's sons.

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

10. What does Chips remember doing in a ritualistic way in Chapter 9?
(a) Marking papers.
(b) Planning lessons.
(c) Making roll call.
(d) Walking to the school.

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

12. What did Chips struggle with while reading the list of War dead?
(a) Speaking loudly and clearly.
(b) Seeing the list without his glasses.
(c) Holding back tears.
(d) Pronouncing names.

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

14. In Chapter 10, what event is mentioned as having been witnessed by Chips and Katherine?
(a) Edward VII's coronation procession.
(b) The unveiling of the first steam locomotive.
(c) A speech by Charles Darwin.
(d) The Queen's Diamond Jubilee.

15. In Chapter 9, which game was Chips congratulated for playing in a decent way?
(a) Tennis.
(b) Fives.
(c) Badminton.
(d) Soccer.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Chips cause controversy in Chapter 10?

2. What do we find out eventually happened to the boy who Chips noticed as being upset in Chapter 10?

3. In Chapter 13, why did Chatteris say that the school was suffering?

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

5. Who was Sir John Rivers?

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