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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the atmosphere like in the morgue?
(a) Freezing.
(b) Hot.
(c) Pleasant.
(d) Hospital-like.

2. How was the body in the morgue killed?
(a) Strangled.
(b) Knife wound in the stomach.
(c) Shot in the back.
(d) Poisoned.

3. How much money did Dimitrios owe Irana?
(a) 2,500 leva.
(b) 1,500 piastres.
(c) 1,000 leva.
(d) One thousand Francs.

4. At what time does it say that Latimer and Marukakis left Irana?
(a) Five o'clock.
(b) Midnight.
(c) Two o'clock.
(d) Half past three.

5. Where does Latimer think Dimitrios went after he left Smyrna?
(a) Sofia.
(b) Istanbul.
(c) Adrianople.
(d) Athens.

6. Where do Latimer and the interpreter meet to exchange the documents?
(a) In Latimer's hotel room.
(b) Under a bridge.
(c) In a restaurant.
(d) In a bathroom.

7. Where was Dimitrios born?
(a) England.
(b) Turkey.
(c) Greece.
(d) France.

8. What is the name of the Polish contact that Peters gives Latimer?
(a) Dimitrios.
(b) Grodek.
(c) Siantos.
(d) La Preveza.

9. What word does Mr. Peters point out that Latimer is embarrassed about the translation of?
(a) Attempt.
(b) Assassination.
(c) Robbery.
(d) Refugee.

10. What is the name of Latimer's friend who aids him in finding Dimitrios' refugee records?
(a) Dhris.
(b) Siantos.
(c) Colonel Haki.
(d) Stambulisky.

11. What is Latimer's first name?
(a) Edward.
(b) Henry.
(c) Jack.
(d) Charles.

12. How much is Latimer and Marukakis' bill when they leave La Vierge?
(a) Five hundred piastres.
(b) One thousand francs.
(c) Eleven hundren leva.
(d) Two hundred leva.

13. Where does Latimer meet Colonel Haki?
(a) England.
(b) Istanbul.
(c) Piraeus.
(d) Smyrna.

14. What does Muishkin confess during dinner?
(a) He does not speak Turkish.
(b) He is a swindler.
(c) He is Dimitrios.
(d) He is a police officer.

15. What is the name of the mystery novel idea of Colonel Hakis?
(a) The Clue of the Bloody Knife.
(b) The Clue of the Bloodstained Will.
(c) Murder at the Rue Morgue.
(d) The Bloody Shovel.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Latimer realize as he steps off the train?

2. How tall does the woman who knows Dimitrios say that he is?

3. What does Siantos tell Latimer about the man who will help him with Bulgarian politics?

4. What language does Marukakis speak to Latimer?

5. What does Peters destroy in Latimer's hotel room?

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