3. 21. What was the most significant thing that
happened to Chips in the summer of 1896?
(A) He turned forty-eight.
(B) He was appointed housemaster.
(C) He went to the Lake District and climbed on Great Gable.
(D) He was rescued by a young woman.
(E) He learned to ride a bicycle.
22. Katherine was waving excitedly because she
(A) was in difficulty.
(B) was trying to get her friend’s attention.
(C) was greeting Chips.
(D) saw something unusual.
(E) had lost her way on the path.
23. Which of the following is NOT true?
(A) Chips did not like women.
(B) Katherine was unemployed.
(C) Ibsen was a playwright.
(D) Katherine was conservative in her thinking.
(E) Chips’s and Katherine’s eyes were different colors.
24. All of the following are false EXCEPT
(A) Katherine was traveling alone.
(B) Chips disliked the fact that Katherine rode a bicycle.
(C) Chips was his real name.
(D) Katherine wore a straw hat.
(E) Chips was born in 1858.
25. Chips thought nice women were NOT
(A) modern.
(B) shy.
(C) frail.
(D) dainty.
(E) reserved.
26. Which of the following is true?
(A) Great Gable was the name of an inn.
(B) Katherine had brown eyes.
(C) Chips admired George Bernard Shaw.
(D) The Times was a conservative newspaper.
(E) Katherine was born in 1872.
27. What saying best sums up the relationship
between Katherine and Chips?
(A) Birds of a feather flock together.
(B) It takes one to know one.
(C) Love at first sight.
(D) Opposites attract.
(E) Marry first, and love will follow.
28. Katherine liked Chips for all of the following
reasons EXCEPT
(A) He was polite and kind.
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4. (B) It was difficult to know him.
(C) He had a nice smile.
(D) He was old-fashioned.
(E) They both enjoyed hiking.
29. The word “hobble” in line 34 means
(A) play.
(B) limp.
(C) tap.
(D) kick.
(E) walk.
30. In line 17 the word “vague” means
(A) indistinct.
(B) clear.
(C) sudden.
(D) persistent.
(E) firm.
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6. “scene,” and my parents had always warned against scenes as very serious breaches of propriety. I stood
gaping, and then Mr. Dempster became conscious of me.
“Dunny,” he said – I did not know he knew my name – “lend us your sleigh to get my wife home.”
I was contrite and guilty, for I knew that the snowball had been meant for me, but the Dempsters did not
seem to think that. He lifted his wife on my sled, which was not hard because she was a small, girlish
woman, and as I pulled it towards their house he walked beside it, very awkwardly bent over her, supporting
her and uttering soft endearment and encouragement, for she went on crying, like a child.
Their house was not far away – just around the corner, really – but by the time I had been there, and seen
Mr. Dempster take his wife inside, and found myself unwanted outside, it was a few minutes after six, and I
was late for supper. But I pelted home (pausing only for a moment at the scene of the accident), washed my
hands, slipped into my place at table, and made my excuse, looking straight into my mother’s sternly
interrogative eyes. I gave my story a slight historical bias, leaning firmly but not absurdly on my own role as
the Good Samaritan. I suppressed any information or guesswork about where the snowball had come from,
and to my relief my mother did not pursue that aspect of it. She was much more interested in Mrs.
Dempster, and when supper was over and the dishes washed she told my father she thought she would just
step over to the Dempsters’ and see if there was anything she could do.
_____ 51. When was Dunny, the narrator, born? _____ 55. From this reading, we can see that Percy
(A) in May of 1898 (A) is easy to get along with.
(B) in July of 1897 (B) has many friends.
(C) in April of 1898 (C) is somewhat temperamental.
(D) in April of 1897 (D) is very athletic.
(E) It cannot be determined from the story. (E) likes to play alone.
_____ 52. Which statement is NOT true? _____ 56. In line 36 the word “dawdling” means
(A) Dunny’s sled was faster than Percy’s. (A) delaying
(B) Percy came from a wealthy family. (B) hurrying
(C) Mrs. Dempster was unintentionally hit with (C) standing still
a snowball. (D) playing
(D) Dunny was surprised that Reverend (E) following
Dempster knew his name.
(E) Percy and Dunny never got along. _____ 57. Which statement is true?
(A) Dunny told his mother who threw the
_____ 53. The word “ostentatiously” in line 23 most snowball.
nearly means (B) Dunny was late for diner.
(A) conspicuously. (C) Mrs. Dempster rarely took walks with her
(B) quickly. husband.
(C) deliberately. (D) Percy was happy because he had everything
(D) timidly. he wanted.
(E) carefully. (E) Dunny wobbled when he walked.
_____ 54. Why didn’t Dunny say anything in response to _____ 58. Dunny thought of himself as a Good Samaritan
Percy’s insults? because he
(A) He did not want to make Percy angry. (A) was kind to Percy.
(B) By saying nothing Dunny knew he would (B) obeyed his parents.
make Percy even angrier. (C) took Mrs. Dempster home on his sled.
(C) Dunny was too kind to retaliate. (D) had not thrown the snowball.
(D) Percy’s insults did not hurt Dunny. (E) told his mother the truth.
(E) Dunny did not know what to say.
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8. And suddenly he sat up. Surely there was something familiar about this view, this bit of common, that
ribbon of road, the old wall behind him. While they were driving he had not been taking notice—he never
did; thinking of faraway things or of nothing—but now he saw!
Twenty-six years ago, just at this time of year, from a farmhouse within half a mile of this very spot, he
had started for Torquay whence it might be said he had never returned. And a sudden ache beset his heart;
he had stumbled on just one of those past moments in his life whose beauty and rapture he had failed to
arrest, whose wings had fluttered away into the unknown; he had stumbled on a buried memory, a wild
sweet time, swiftly choked and ended. And, turning on his face, he rested his chin on his hands and stared
at the short grass where the little blue milkwort was growing….
And this is what he remembered.
_____ 59. How old was Stella when she first met Frank?
(A) twenty-six
(B) eighteen
(C) twenty-two
(D) seventeen
(E) It cannot be determined from the reading.
_____ 60. In line 6 the word “mottled” means
(A) blotchy.
(B) wrinkled.
(C) shiny.
(D) flushed.
(E) puffy.
_____ 61. The word “common” in line 7 means
(A) slope.
(B) farm.
(C) path.
(D) meadow.
(E) beach.
_____ 62. Which of the following statements is NOT
true?
(A) It was a lovely day for a picnic.
(B) Ashurst noticed the beauty of nature around him.
(C) Stella was more of a planner than her husband.
(D) Ashurst was content with his life.
(E) Stella seemed more interested in sketching than in eating.
_____ 63. The word “scrupulous” in line 32 means
(A) easy.
(B) important.
(C) comfortable
(D) demanding
(E) conscientious.
_____ 64. Ashurst thought that
(A) his wife was a good artist.
(B) life was better than art because it was real.
(C) art was better than life because it endured.
(D) it was going to rain.
(E) life and art were very similar.
_____ 65. In line 35 the word “surfeit” means
(A) lack.
(B) excess.
(C) surrender.
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9. (D) hunger.
(E) satisfaction.
_____ 66. Ashurst eventually realized that
(A) he had misplaced the picnic basket.
(B) his wife was not interested in eating.
(C) he would never be happy.
(D) he had returned to a place that he knew.
(E) his wife no longer loved him.
_____ 67. In line 24 the word “sepulcher” means
(A) bench.
(B) wall.
(C) tomb.
(D) hiding place.
(E) headstone.
_____ 68. Which of the following statements is true?
(A) Frank and Stella were married for twenty
years.
(B) Stella was five years younger than Frank.
(C) Frank had been driving the car.
(D) Frank’s eyes were blue.
(E) Frank got out of the car first.
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11. He folded his arms and smiled a magician’s smile. Yes, sir, he thought, everyone jumps, everyone runs
when I yell. It’ll be a fine season.
He gave the town a last snap of his fingers.
Doors slammed open; people stepped out.
Summer 1928 began.
61. In line 1 the description of the town as 65. From this reading, we can see that Douglas
“covered over with darkness and at ease in bed” is (F) is a lazy boy.
an example of (G) has a very active imagination.
(F) a symbol. (H) is bored with life.
(G) a simile. (I) has trouble sleeping at night.
(H) contrast. (J) does not like where he lives.
(I) exaggeration.
(J) personification. 66. In line 34 the author uses the word “ravine.”
What is a ravine?
62. In line 7 what do the words, “when the trees (F) a deep, narrow valley
washed together,” mean? (G) a stream
(F) It was raining. (H) a broad avenue
(G) Clothing was hung on them to dry. (I) a small hill
(H) A strong wind was blowing. (J) a border
(I) In the darkness the separateness of
the trees was blurred. 67. In line 28 who is saying “Grandpa, get your
(J) The trees were growing too closely teeth from the water glass!”?
together. (F) Douglas’ grandmother
63. “A whole summer ahead to cross off the (G) Douglas’ cousin
calendar, day by day.” in line 10 is an example of (H) Douglas himself
(F) a run-on sentence. (I) Douglas’ father
(G) a sentence fragment. (J) Douglas’ neighbour
(H) a mixed metaphor.
(I) a misplaced modifier. 68. In line 34 the word “baleful” means
(J) a dangling participle. (F) drowsy.
(G) clear.
64. During his weekly ritual Douglas pretended (H) enormous.
he was (I) forlorn.
(F) God. (J) threatening.
(G) The conductor of an orchestra.
(H) a wizard.
(I) an astronaut.
(J) a circus performer.
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13. 73. The word “parsons” in line 13 means
(F) mayors.
(G) farmers. 78. In line 32 the word “epilogue” means
(H) lords. (F) story.
(I) pastors. (G) surprise.
(J) nobles. (H) disaster.
74. In line 26 the word “niche” means (I) message.
(F) place. (J) conclusion.
(G) thought. 79. Brookfield was
(H) idea. (A) a first rate school.
(I) dream. (B) a mediocre school.
(J) doubt. (C) a stable school.
75. Chips never left Brookfield because (D) a second rank school.
(F) he earned a good salary there. (E) as famous as Harrow.
(G) the students liked him. 80. Chips was born in
(H) there was a shortage of teachers. (A) 1870.
(I) he was going to be Headmaster there. (B) 1858.
(J) he became settled and comfortable (C) 1848.
there. (D) 1843.
76. In roughly what year did Chips start teaching (E) 1853.
at Brookfield?
(F) 1840 81. How old was Chips when he came to
(G) 1880 Brookfield?
(H) 1913 (A) 22
(I) 1870 (B) 30
(J) It cannot be determined from the (C) 25
story. (D) 24
(E) It cannot be determined from the
77. The word “doyen” in line 27 means story.
(F) tyrant.
(G) senior member. 82. When Chips retired
(H) leader. (A) he remained on the campus.
(I) secretary. (B) he was given two gifts.
(J) treasurer. (C) he went to live at Mrs. Wetherby’s.
(D) he was honoured at a farewell banquet.
(E) he went to the court of appeals.
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