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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 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.

2. What kind of style did the new headmaster have?
(a) A modern one.
(b) A rigid one.
(c) A relaxed one.
(d) An old-fashioned one.

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

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

5. How did Chips deal with tense situations at the school?
(a) By ignoring them.
(b) By referring them to Chatteris to handle.
(c) By poking fun at them.
(d) By doling out punishments.

Short Answer Questions

1. What medical condition did Chatteris have?

2. Who did Chips controversially include in the list of War dead one Sunday?

3. What did Chips struggle with while reading the list of War dead?

4. In what year did Chips retire?

5. What was the most gratifying thing for Chips when he returned to Brookfield?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 10, what event does Chips recall witnessing? What did it make him consider about England's future?

2. What financial arrangements does Chips make in Chapter 16?

3. Where did Ralston go after resigning from Brookfield? Who replaced him?

4. What did Chips and Headmaster Ralston argue about in Chapter 11?

5. In Chapter 11, what changes was Ralston trying to incorporate into Brookfield school?

6. In Chapter 16, how do the new boys at Brookfield react to Mr. Chips? What does that say about him?

7. What troubled a student named Grayson in Chapter 10?

8. What troubles did Chatteris tell Chips about in Chapter 13?

9. When did Chips arrive at the decision to retire?

10. In Chapter 16, what does Chips note that he enjoys doing in winter and summer?

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