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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose body is in the photograph that Peters shows Latimer?
(a) Dimitrios.
(b) Visser.
(c) Werner.
(d) Vazoff.

2. Who turned informant on the crew and got them all arrested?
(a) Peters.
(b) Visser.
(c) DImitrios.
(d) The Grand Duchess.

3. What are the walls and ceilings of Peters' apartment adorned with?
(a) Black and white stripes.
(b) Gold stars.
(c) Money.
(d) Newspaper clippings.

4. What does Latimer find out about Peters by glancing into his bathroom?
(a) He wears dentures.
(b) He does not shave.
(c) He is not a clean man.
(d) He has many wigs.

5. What was Grodek's mission in Belgrade?
(a) Obtain a map of a minefield.
(b) Assassinate the Prime Minister.
(c) Motivate the troops.
(d) Become a mole in the army.

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

7. What was the name of Peters' partner before Dimitrios came along?
(a) Grodek.
(b) La Preveza.
(c) Siantos.
(d) Giraud.

8. What does Peters say about drugs to Latimer?
(a) He used to be an addict.
(b) They are horrible.
(c) They are beautiful.
(d) He thinks they are wonderful recreational tools.

9. Finish the sentence: "A man's features, the bone structure and the tissue that covers it, are the product of a biological process; but his face________".
(a) He creates for himself.
(b) Is a product of violence.
(c) Is a window to the soul.
(d) He creates through life.

10. What does the second letter to Dimitrios insist about the messenger with the blackmail money?
(a) The messenger must be a female.
(b) The messenger must be Dimitrios.
(c) The messenger must be unarmed.
(d) The messenger must speak French.

11. After Latimer dines with Peters on the day before the meeting with Dimitrios, what ailment begins to plague him?
(a) A headache.
(b) Dizziness.
(c) Fainting.
(d) A stomachache.

12. At the end of Chapter 12, what does Peters say Dimitrios has become?
(a) The drug smuggling king of France.
(b) An assassin.
(c) The Prime Minister.
(d) A member of the Board of Directors of the Eurasian Credit Trust.

13. What does Latimer say Grodek's car suggests?
(a) Frugality.
(b) Money.
(c) Poverty.
(d) Vanity.

14. What kind of coffee does Mr. Peters make for Latimer and himself when Latimer visits his apartment?
(a) Italian.
(b) French.
(c) American.
(d) Algerian.

15. What does Peters suggest to Latimer to make him feel better, before they meet Dimitrios?
(a) That he drink another glass of scotch.
(b) That he write a last will and testament.
(c) That he buy himself a gun.
(d) That he sit in a dark corner and hide his face.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Latimer realize he is ailing from after he does not feel better?

2. Who did Grodek use as a go-between during his work in Belgrade?

3. What kind of cats does Grodek have?

4. What is Latimer's first impression of Dimitrios when he walks into the hotel room?

5. Who was Peters' and Dimitrios' contact in Sofia during their drug trade?

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