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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. Which side wins an important naval battle?
(a) The British.
(b) The Germans.
(c) The French.
(d) The Russians.

2. In what year does "The Unrest" open?
(a) 1720.
(b) 1215.
(c) 1642.
(d) 1915.

3. Who commands the British naval forces?
(a) Shockley.
(b) Godfrey.
(c) Mason.
(d) Nelson.

4. Whom does Jane help overcome alcoholism?
(a) Jethro Wilson.
(b) Joseph Porter.
(c) John Shockley.
(d) Godefroi.

5. Patricia is a driver for whom?
(a) The Metropolitan Transit Agency.
(b) Lord Slayton.
(c) General Wilson.
(d) Meals on Wheels.

Short Answer Questions

1. What nickname does the new monarch earn?

2. What historically significant event is in progress at the beginning of the chapter?

3. Where does Patricia meet the American pilot?

4. Who gives Jane shelter during a thunderstorm?

5. What major military campaign is approaching?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Ralph lose his position at the school?

2. What sort of political trouble is brewing at the opening of the chapter?

3. How does Obidiah betray his sister?

4. What sort of religious duplicity does Edward Shockley enact?

5. What path does Adam take to become a soldier?

6. Despite participating in wars in other parts of the world, why is the time period covered in the chapter "The Calm" considered a time of peace for most English people?

7. What must Jane do before she can accomplish her goal to serve as a nurse?

8. Why does a visit from Canon Nicodemus result in Ralph staying at the doctor's house?

9. How is the Shockley family affected by the political crisis?

10. How is Stonehenge at one time private property and later property of the British government?

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