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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Peter do when he sees the state of the tailor's child?

2. Who does Peter see at a fancy place, dancing and having a good time?

3. What does Aldred think of most girls?

4. How does Mrs. Fry know about Aldred?

5. Why do they make an exception for Aldred and serve him lunch after closing?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Sidney think Helen and Aldred will never see each other again?

2. What does Bertram suggest Aldred do to get the Driscoll parents to approve Helen's move to England?

3. What are the crisis' that Aldred must deal with upon his return from Nagasaki?

4. What do the Fry women think about Helen's love of Aldred?

5. Where does Aldred get the coat he and Helen are lying on in the grove?

6. Why does Aldred feel the need to visit George Laister?

7. Why does Aldred turn down Calder's offer to work as a spy?

8. Why is Aurora planning on leaving England so soon after Aldred returns?

9. Why doesn't Rita want to help Peter with the dying child?

10. How does Rita help Peter while he is in the hospital?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How is death used throughout the book? What does it prompt? What does it cause? Who does it affect? Use examples from the novel to discuss how death affects the plot and the characters.

Essay Topic 2

Explore location as a vital part of the novel. Discuss the use of exotic locations, great distances and war-torn countries and the way location influences the plot.

Essay Topic 3

How are Helen and Benedict so happy when they deal with Benedict's disease every day? What makes them capable of having so much joy on a daily basis?

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