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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. Why is Aldred driving to the Discoll's house?
(a) He is going to study them.
(b) He is going to stay with them.
(c) He is going to tell them about Professor Gardiner.
(d) He is lost and needs directions.

2. Who is with the Driscoll children in London during the medical tests?
(a) Bertram.
(b) Aldred.
(c) Melba.
(d) Gardiner.

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

4. How does Benedict think Helen changes?
(a) By having to take care of her more ill brother.
(b) By having to deal with her angry mother.
(c) By thinking of Aldred while he is away.
(d) By having another birthday while Aldred is away.

5. Who does Aldred want to sweep into his arms?
(a) Helen.
(b) Moira.
(c) Aurora.
(d) Melba.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Aldred invite to dinner to meet Peter?

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

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

4. What is Peter's first love?

5. What do thoughts of Aurora make Leith believe about himself?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Peter happy about making the move to MacGregor Road?

2. What happens to Professor Gardiner's wife?

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

4. How does Aldred meet Aurora?

5. Why does Aldred want to walk alone, without Peter?

6. Why doesn't Aldred mind being alone?

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

8. Why does Peter's purchases as a youth embarrass his parents?

9. How does Aldred describe Helen?

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

(see the answer keys)

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