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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the high school building remind Ivy Peniston of?
(a) The buildings on a Navy base.
(b) Her own school building back in Bermuda.
(c) The hospital where she gave birth to Jerome.
(d) An asylum for the criminally insane.

2. What has Mr. Pym said he was a collector of that Ivy could get for him in return for his help?
(a) "People Trivia"
(b) Coins.
(c) Old Stamps.
(d) Signed baseballs.

3. What kind of information will Burnham have access to with "Q" status?
(a) Classified computer disks containing information from the CIA.
(b) Atomic energy documents.
(c) The President's agenda
(d) Personel files.

4. Burnham's son, Christopher, is reading the horoscope from which magazine?
(a) Sports Illustrated.
(b) Rolling Stone.
(c) NewsWeek.
(d) The Lampoon.

5. What has Mr. Pym done for Ivy in the past?
(a) Taken care of a customs problem in Bermuda.
(b) Given her and Jerome extra work from time to time.
(c) Loaned Ivy his car.
(d) He had gotten Ivy a United States Passport.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much does Pym pay Louise to divorce him?

2. Why does Ivy Peniston argue that Jerome could graduate despite failing typing?

3. According to this book, what is the unemployment rate for black males in Washington DC at the time?

4. Why will Mr. Joslin not bend the rules for Jerome?

5. What is Burnham working on as the story opens?

(see the answer key)

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