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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is "the boom factor" ?
(a) Something Burnham made up.
(b) A term only people with "Q" status would understand.
(c) The cost of materials for an atom bomb.
(d) The amount of noise an atom bomb makes when it explodes.

2. How does the President feel about Epstein?
(a) He didn't like him but he needed him.
(b) He needed the votes he could bring in from Louisiana.
(c) He respected his politcal savvy.
(d) He relied on his connections to the CIA.

3. How much money per paycheck is Burnham's pay raise worth?
(a) Forty eight dollars and seventeen cents.
(b) Four hundred and fifty dollars.
(c) One hundred dollars.
(d) Twenty eight dollars and thirteen cents.

4. What does Mr. Pym say to Ivy that makes her think he could help her?
(a) "Free enterprise means you are free to help yourself...".
(b) "Sometimes you have to bend the rules to survive".
(c) "I can forge anything".
(d) "Let me know if I can help you with anything".

5. What does the Majority Leader of the United States Senate say about the President's choice for the Vice President?
(a) "I admire this man immensely."
(b) "We need to select a female Vice President."
(c) "This man is a war criminal."
(d) "But he's a bigoted, bullheaded ignoramus."

Short Answer Questions

1. What sort of whale oil is an effective lubricant for the trigger devices of a hydrogen bomb?

2. What is Mr Renfro's last comment to Burnham?

3. Why does Ivy Peniston believe Mr. Joslin should bend the rules for Jerome?

4. What does Burnham want Mr. Renfro to explain?

5. How does Burnham describe the task he is working on as the story begins?

(see the answer key)

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