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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 3, Part 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mr. Pappenhack regularly use as a sedative when his mind is restless?
(a) A toy train.
(b) <i>Le Fleurs du Mal</i>.
(c) Whiskey.
(d) The evening newspaper.

2. For what paper does Mr. Pappenhacker work?
(a) <i>The Messageries Maritimes</i>.
(b) <i>The Daily Beast</i>.
(c) <i>The Twopence</i>.
(d) <i>The Daily Brute</i>.

3. What longtime secret ambition of William's is near to fulfillment towards the end of Book 1, Chapter 3?
(a) To cover a big story.
(b) To fly in a plane.
(c) To visit a foreign country.
(d) To leave England.

4. Who is the director of the Ishmaelite Press Bureau?
(a) Rathbone Jackson.
(b) Dr. Benito.
(c) Mrs. Earl Russell Jackson.
(d) Erik Olafsen.

5. In what part of the continent of Africa does Ishmaelia lie?
(a) The southwest.
(b) The southeast.
(c) Dead center.
(d) The northeast.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the proprietress of the Hotel Liberty?

2. On what date is Boot's banquet scheduled?

3. To where do the Ishmaelian taxi drivers in Jacksonburg take foreigners when the latter cannot be understood?

4. For how long has Mrs. Stitch been stranded in her car when William arrives?

5. What is Jack Bannister's long-time nickname?

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