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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Lord Copper attempt to draw at the beginning of Book 3?
(a) A dog.
(b) A cow.
(c) A person.
(d) An automobile.

2. After Shumble's story blows over, how many more journalists arrive in Ishmaelia?
(a) Ten.
(b) Twenty
(c) One-hundred.
(d) Fifty

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

4. How many gorillas does Hitchcock jokingly claim to have seen after his "return" from Ishmaelia's interior?
(a) Thirty-three.
(b) Six.
(c) Two.
(d) One-hundred.

5. What is the name of the proprietress of the Hotel Liberty?
(a) Mrs. Marguerite Jack Jackson.
(b) Mrs. Earl Russell Jackson.
(c) Mrs. Benita Juarez Jackson.
(d) Mrs. Emma Dressler.

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

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

8. Of whose esteem is William afraid of losing if he attends the banquet?
(a) The public's.
(b) Lord Copper's.
(c) Kätchen's.
(d) His family's.

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

10. Why must the young man rather than Bert Tyler drive?
(a) Bert Tyler cannot see well.
(b) Bert Tyler lost his legs.
(c) The young man needs the experience.
(d) Bert Tyler is a narcoleptic.

11. From where does Paleologue provide servant boys to the journalists at the Hotel Liberty?
(a) The Department of Internal Affairs.
(b) The Adventist Mission.
(c) The hotel annex.
(d) The Catholic Mission.

12. Into what do William and the young German girl climb while William is moving into his new room?
(a) A tent.
(b) A canoe.
(c) A mess.
(d) A tree.

13. Where does Smiles, the Fascist leader, escape after stealing German money?
(a) Germany.
(b) The Sudan.
(c) England.
(d) The Congo.

14. How long did it take Kätchen's husband to make his boat that sank like a stone in the Matto Grosso?
(a) Ten years.
(b) Ten weeks.
(c) One week.
(d) Two months.

15. Which nation has been manipulating Dr. Benito for its financial advantage in Ishmaelia?
(a) France.
(b) Russia.
(c) Germany.
(d) England.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is unique about the stones William bought from Kätchen?

2. Who chairs the Foreign Press Association in Sir Jocelyn Hitchcock's absence?

3. For how long has Kätchen's husband been away when William meets her?

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

5. Who is the reported leader of the Fascists in Ishmaelia?

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