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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For how much does William buy the stones offered him by Kätchen?
(a) 20 pounds.
(b) 100 pounds.
(c) 10 pounds.
(d) 60 pounds.

2. At what time did the Ishmaelites think the journalists were leaving?
(a) 10 p.m.
(b) 2 p.m.
(c) 7 a.m.
(d) 10 a.m.

3. Who chairs the Foreign Press Association in Sir Jocelyn Hitchcock's absence?
(a) Corker.
(b) Mr. Pappenhacker.
(c) Wenlock Jakes.
(d) Pigge.

4. What two beasts prominently roam on tethers in the front yard of William's second place of residence in Ishmaelia?
(a) A pig and a dog.
(b) A baboon and a pig.
(c) A pig and a milch-goat.
(d) A milch-goat and a gander.

5. How many cabs transport William and all his luggage from Victoria?
(a) One.
(b) Four.
(c) Three.
(d) Two.

6. Where is William Boot, on his return to England, first met by a <i>Daily Beast</i> representative?
(a) London.
(b) Victoria.
(c) Dover.
(d) Boot Magna Hall.

7. Which animal attacks the former welterweight champion who had come to visit William at Frau Dressler's?
(a) The enormous pig.
(b) The gander.
(c) The milch-goat.
(d) The three-legged dog.

8. Onto what structure does Mr. Baldwin parachute?
(a) Frau Dressler's roof.
(b) Mr. Popotakis's Ping-Pong Parlour.
(c) The Hotel Liberty.
(d) The postmaster general's villa.

9. What group among the journalists uses the largest lorry?
(a) The Universal News Contingent.
(b) The <i>Daily Brute</i> Staff.
(c) The International News Agency.
(d) The Excelsior Movie-Sound Expeditionary Unit.

10. Which horse does Priscilla have to take on her evacuation for the sake of Mr. Salter's accommodation?
(a) The old bay.
(b) The old mare.
(c) The mare.
(d) The bay.

11. About what does Mr. Salter interrupt Lord Copper's drawing at the beginning of Book 3?
(a) Gardening.
(b) The war in Ishmaelia.
(c) Germany.
(d) Bucharest.

12. What is Jack Bannister's long-time nickname?
(a) Poke.
(b) Moke.
(c) Flagpole.
(d) Banny.

13. To where do the Ishmaelian taxi drivers in Jacksonburg take foreigners when the latter cannot be understood?
(a) To Frau Dressler's house.
(b) To the Swede.
(c) To the Hotel Liberty.
(d) To the railway station.

14. To whom is it commonly mistaken, by his family, that William has a romantic attachment?
(a) Frau Dressler.
(b) Sarah Penning.
(c) Kätchen.
(d) Miss Caldicote.

15. To what crisis does Erik Olafsen grudgingly go to aid in Book 2, Chapter 3?
(a) A tribal dispute.
(b) A medical shortage.
(c) An outbreak of plague.
(d) A derailed train.

Short Answer Questions

1. From what country does the supposed spy uncovered by Shumble reportedly come?

2. In what language does Mr. Baldwin speak with Mr. Popotakis?

3. When the journalists leave Jacksonburg to chase Hitchcock's story, where does William go?

4. Into what do William and the young German girl climb while William is moving into his new room?

5. What objects fill the heavy bag belonging to the girl who previously occupied William's room in the Pension Dressler?

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