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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. Who is Winston's father?
(a) Edward
(b) Charles
(c) Henry
(d) Randolph

2. Churchill likes to read books from what authors?
(a) American
(b) Russian
(c) Swedish
(d) British

3. Where is Churchill when Hitler invades Poland?
(a) Dublin
(b) Dunkirk
(c) London
(d) Chartwell

4. What is Winston like at school?
(a) Grateful
(b) Happy
(c) Timid
(d) Rebellious

5. Serving at certain posts in the possessions is often based on what?
(a) Personality
(b) School
(c) Knowledge of the area
(d) Family status

Short Answer Questions

1. What do many Britons suffer from in the possessions?

2. Winston's mother is named which of the following?

3. CWR stands for what?

4. How old is Winston's mother when she meets his father?

5. Winston Churchill is born in what year?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Churchill consider himself an underdog? How does this affect him?

2. Why does the family move to Dublin? Why do they move back to London?

3. What is the situation at Dunkirk as the book opens?

4. What is the British Navy like during the late 1800s? How many warships does it have?

5. How do the people in other countries and possessions feel about the British? Why?

6. What is Winston's experience like at St. George's School near Ascot? Why does Winston stop attending?

7. How did people around the British Empire keep in touch and gain news during the 1900s?

8. What problems does Winston's birth present? How are they handled?

9. How do Churchill's feelings and actions about Hitler and Mussolini change?

10. How large is the British Empire in the late 1800s? Give some examples of places that are included in the Empire at this time. Where does the Empire begin?

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