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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What language does Peters write to Grodek in?
(a) French.
(b) Swedish.
(c) Polish.
(d) Italian.

2. On the night of their meeting with Dimitrios, what does Latimer insist that Peters do?
(a) Forget he ever existed.
(b) Buy him expensive champagne.
(c) Never contact him again.
(d) Visit him in England sometime.

3. Who did Grodek use as a go-between during his work in Belgrade?
(a) Bulic.
(b) Marukakis.
(c) Dimitrios.
(d) Siantos.

4. What does Latimer say Grodek is retired from?
(a) Being a gambler.
(b) Being a hitman.
(c) Being a master spy.
(d) Being an executive at a bank.

5. Where does Grodek live?
(a) Sofia.
(b) Poland.
(c) Athens.
(d) Geneva.

6. Where was it supposed that Dimitrios went after the drug bust?
(a) America.
(b) Poland.
(c) Italy.
(d) A rehab center.

7. What was the name of the department Bulic once worked at?
(a) The Department of Defense.
(b) The Department of Mines.
(c) The Department of Figures and Charts.
(d) The Department of Supply.

8. What does Ambler compare a face to?
(a) A picture.
(b) A mask.
(c) A window.
(d) A telltale sign of one's character.

9. What does Latimer find out about Mr. Peters from reading the newspaper?
(a) Peters was involved in the drug bust.
(b) Peters is a wanted man.
(c) Peters murdered Dimitrios.
(d) Peters is a cop.

10. How did Visser track Dimitrios down after he was released from prison?
(a) He held Peters up at gunpoint for the information on Dimitrios.
(b) He infiltrated each clinic posing as a doctor.
(c) He went to clinics and said he was referred by a Monsiuer Rougemont.
(d) He pretended to be a patient of each clinic till he saw Dimitrios.

11. What type of Yacht did Dimitrios have for his trip with Visser?
(a) French.
(b) Italian.
(c) Polish.
(d) Greek.

12. What does Latimer read about in the newspaper files?
(a) A drug bust.
(b) A slave trade.
(c) A corrupt Prime Minister.
(d) A prostitution bust.

13. What does Peters admit to Latimer after Dimitrios is gone from the hotel room?
(a) He was thinking of killing Latimer earlier.
(b) He, too, was very afraid of Dimitrios.
(c) He also went to the police station to report DImitrios.
(d) He would not have shared the money with Latimer anyway.

14. What is The Grand Duchess' real name?
(a) Natasha Bruvya.
(b) Lydia Prokofievna.
(c) Irana Preveza.
(d) Julia Child.

15. What kind of rugs are in Peters' apartment?
(a) Indian.
(b) Chinese.
(c) American.
(d) Moroccan.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Dimitrios want to know from Lamiter before he leaves the meeting?

2. What do Latimer and Grodek drink as they talk?

3. After agreeing to Peters' plan to blackmail Dimitrios, what does Latimer contemplate in his own hotel room?

4. What does Peters say he and Latimer will give Dimitrios in exchange for one million francs?

5. In Chapter 12, when does Mr. Peters say he last saw Dimitrios?

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