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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, Chapter 21.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Aldred describe Peter to Helen in the letter?
(a) As a mean man.
(b) As a lonely man.
(c) As a humerous man.
(d) As a bitter man.

2. Who are the Fairfax boys waiting for in New Zealand?
(a) Barbara.
(b) Their brother.
(c) Their father.
(d) Helen.

3. What does Peter Exley's pocket diary say?
(a) "Saint Aldred."
(b) "Saint Swithin."
(c) "Peter Exley."
(d) "Inniskillings."

4. What does Peter write to Aldred about his feelings of Hong Kong?
(a) He hates the winters.
(b) There is nowhere he would rather be.
(c) He loves the winters.
(d) He would rather be anywhere but there.

5. What does Helen believe New Zealand represents?
(a) The end of her love of Aldred.
(b) The start of her adventures.
(c) The end of the earth.
(d) The beginning of her adulthood.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does Aldred start to learn Chinese?

2. What is the one thing Aurora wants to know about Aldred when they meet before she leaves for Kenya?

3. Why does Aldred spend two years walking across China?

4. Where does Barbara's father promise to take the family for three years now?

5. Who is Gardiner's only mourner?

(see the answer key)

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