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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. Where do the troops live in France?
(a) Hotels.
(b) Tents.
(c) Dormitories.
(d) Houses.

2. What does Dr. Rivers see that causes him to start stammering?
(a) Someone cutting their tongue.
(b) A woman being slapped.
(c) A painting of an amputation.
(d) A war zone.

3. What does Dr. Rivers hear when returning Moffet to bed?
(a) A clicking sound.
(b) Drums.
(c) A gunshot.
(d) Women wailing.

4. Who does Billy run into prior to his medical exam?
(a) Dr. Rivers.
(b) Owen.
(c) His mother.
(d) Elinor.

5. What color is the tint of Sarah's face, due to her work?
(a) Red.
(b) Pink.
(c) Yellow.
(d) Blue.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Dr. Rivers is ill, he recalls playing what game as a boy?

2. How does Moffet respond to his cure?

3. What is the purpose behind the drawings on Moffet's leg?

4. Who surprises Billy in Part 1, Chapter 3?

5. What did Dr. Rivers think of Njiru's methods?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Part 2, Chapter 9, how does Billy feel about the choice he made to return to France to fight?

2. Explain Njiru's deformity and how he handles it.

3. Why does Billy try to downplay his asthma to the medical board?

4. How does Dr. Rivers's treatment of Moffet make Dr. Rivers feel? Why?

5. In Part 2, Chapter 7, what is the noticeable literary change that takes place in the novel?

6. Why is it ironic that Mitchell does not ask Billy about shell shock in front of the medical board?

7. When Billy and Elinor are in bed, what does Billy struggle with?

8. Explain the health problem Moffet suffers from.

9. What happens to Moffet when feeling returns to his legs?

10. Describe Billy's feelings for Sarah.

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