Who comes to visit Alec at the start of the book?
Major Glendinning
A priest
Bennett
Where is the young Alec educated?
At home
At school
He receives no education
What does Alec say to Jerry when he finds him swimming in the lake?
"Don't you know this is private property?"
"Hang on, I'll be right in!"
"I'm telling my mother!"
What do Alec and Jerry dream of owning when they are older?
A huge house
A stud farm
A sailing ship
How does Alicia separate Alec and Jerry?
She takes Alec away on a tour of Europe
She locks up Alec in his room
She has Jerry sacked from his job
How does Alec feel when Alicia tells him that Frederick is not his biological father?
Angry and dispossessed
Grateful to Alicia for telling the truth
Convinced that he must stay and help Frederick with the estate
Alec and Jerry join the army at the same time, and they are stationed together in France. What are their ranks?
They are both officers
Alec is an officer and Jerry is an ordinary soldier
They are both ordinary soldiers
Why does Jerry go absent from his regiment?
He is terrified and cannot bear to fight anymore
He plans to go behind enemy lines and attack the Germans
He is searching for his father, a fellow soldier