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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III, Chapter 26-39.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What can Shields see from where he is at the beginning of the book?
(a) Other cars.
(b) Other passengers.
(c) His wife.
(d) A dead girl.

2. What nickname has the train engineer given the locomotive?
(a) Gallopin' Lena.
(b) Speeding Stanley.
(c) Steamy Sam.
(d) Betsy.

3. What comparison does Villon make about his appearance and Gly's appearance?
(a) They have the same color eyes.
(b) They both work out.
(c) They could almost be brothers.
(d) They could be cousins.

4. What is John Essex's occupation when Heidi goes to see him?
(a) Politics.
(b) Horse racing.
(c) Peanut farmer.
(d) Oyster farming.

5. What top secret program does the President want Mercier and Klein to coordinate with the State Department and Central Intelligence?
(a) Protect Prime Minister Sarveux.
(b) Find the North American Treaty.
(c) Make certain Quebec becomes an independent nation.
(d) Make certain that Quebec does not become an independent nation

Short Answer Questions

1. How long does it take the Empress of Ireland to sink after being hit?

2. Why does the dispatcher from Albany call the train station?

3. Who does Gly disguise himself to look like?

4. Why does General Simms go fishing near the River Blackwater?

5. What does Danielle Sarveux think when she is told that her husband may walk with a cane?

(see the answer key)

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