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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What came in rectangular, medicine-like containers during post WWII rationing?
(a) Milk.
(b) Tea.
(c) Coffee.
(d) Orange juice.

2. What is closed to the tourist on today's ferries?
(a) The main decks.
(b) The lower decks.
(c) The engine room.
(d) The bridge.

3. Why did most middle class families not have servants according to the "Bedders"?
(a) Lack of workers.
(b) New laws.
(c) Lower income.
(d) Taxes and higher wages.

4. What is ALS better known as according to "Night"?
(a) The slow death.
(b) The long walk.
(c) The D.M.C.
(d) Lou Gehrig's Desease.

5. What is the language spoken in the region where the Chalet is according to "The Memory Chalet"?
(a) French.
(b) German.
(c) English.
(d) Italian.

6. What were irresistible play places for boys?
(a) Old barracks.
(b) Old military fields.
(c) Cleared bomb sites.
(d) Old crashed planes.

7. How many platforms did Clapham Junction have?
(a) 15.
(b) 12.
(c) 19.
(d) 11.

8. When was food rationed until after WWII?
(a) 1949.
(b) 1947.
(c) 1954.
(d) 1952.

9. When did The Lord Warden enter service?
(a) 1956.
(b) 1957.
(c) 1951.
(d) 1953.

10. What food made Judt more English?
(a) Indian food.
(b) American food.
(c) French food.
(d) His grandmother's food.

11. When did Judt live in Putney?
(a) From 1954 to 1958.
(b) From 1952 to 1958.
(c) From 1955 to 1958.
(d) From 1953 to 1958.

12. How many students did the ENS have at any time?
(a) 300.
(b) 500.
(c) 200.
(d) 600.

13. How many of Judt's uncles served with the 8th Army during the war?
(a) 3.
(b) 4.
(c) 1.
(d) 2.

14. What 1956 car was sexily aerodynamic according to Judt?
(a) The DS19.
(b) The DS7.
(c) The DS31.
(d) The DS12.

15. Where is home according to the saying in "Putney"?
(a) Where ones friends are.
(b) Where the house is.
(c) Where ones car is.
(d) Where the heart is.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the ENS?

2. When was The Lord Warden retired?

3. What is the cockroach in reference to?

4. How long had teachers at Emanuel School been there when Judt arrived at the school?

5. What was The Lord Warden threatened by in the 1960s and 1970s?

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