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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 can't Oliver Leith live without?
(a) Fame.
(b) Money.
(c) Love.
(d) Happiness.

2. Why does Aldred call for a tutor?
(a) To learn Chinese.
(b) To learn Japanese.
(c) To learn French.
(d) To learn geology.

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

4. Why does Peter get up so early to go to the airport?
(a) He hears a plane crashes.
(b) He is excited to see Aldred.
(c) He lives a great distance from the airport.
(d) He wants to beat traffic.

5. Where does Benedict get his education?
(a) At public school.
(b) At boarding school.
(c) At private school.
(d) At home.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Aldred flying in from to see Peter?

2. How old is Aldred Leith when he meets Aurora?

3. What is Peter doing while Aldred is out on a long walk by himself?

4. How is Aldred traveling in Japan?

5. What city is Aldred staying in when he makes the deal to travel to China?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why doesn't Aldred want to interview Helen and Benedict about the suicide?

2. Why is Professor Gardiner in prison during the war?

3. What impression of the Driscoll family does Aldred get upon meeting them?

4. Why is Peter upset that Aldred found him a new place to live?

5. Why does Aldred value the letters Peter has waiting for him iin Hong Kong so much?

6. What does Aldred interrupt when he goes for a walk, after writing letters on his first night at the Driscoll's?

7. Why is Aldred touring Hiroshima?

8. Why doesn''t the affair between Aldred and Aurora last?

9. What role does Gardiner play in Chapter Two?

10. Why don't the Driscoll siblings ask Aldred about his war experiences?

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