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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2 Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At the casino with Luigi, whom does Brown see from the ship?
(a) The man with the tin hat.
(b) The purser.
(c) The captain.
(d) Mr. Baxter.

2. Why does the captain want Brown to keep an eye on Jones?
(a) Jones has not fully paid for his passage aboard the ship.
(b) He thinks Jones is a gambler.
(c) Brown does not mind spying on someone.
(d) He thinks Jones is a murderer.

3. When the Smiths first arrive at the Hotel Trianon, what does Mr. Smith think of the body crouched in the pool?
(a) He thinks it is a sleeping beggar.
(b) He covers Mrs. Smith's eyes so she will not see.
(c) He thinks the death is horrible.
(d) He is offended and demands immediate burial.

4. How did Marcel kill himself?
(a) Slit his wrists and throat.
(b) Jumped out a second-story window into the empty pool.
(c) Drank two bottles of rum and contracted alcohol poisoning.
(d) Hung himself in the countess's bedroom.

5. Why is Brown not afraid to smuggle Philipot's body off his property?
(a) It was the hour when only Tonton Macoutes and zombies moved about.
(b) He had put the body in the trunk of the car.
(c) He knew he could bribe any Tonton Macoute he met.
(d) Philipot looked drunk rather than dead.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom is Brown visiting the military base near Santo Domingo?

2. How does Brown act toward the end of the Voodoo ceremony?

3. How does the new Secretary for Social Welfare cast suspicion on Doctor Philipot's death?

4. When Brown and his ship friend return to the boat, why is the guard at the gangplank not threatening?

5. As far as Brown knows, where is Jones's home?

(see the answer key)

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