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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the book that the man on the train with Latimer is reading?
(a) Pollyanna.
(b) The Bloody Shovel.
(c) The Case of the Bloodstained Will.
(d) Pearls of Everyday Wisdom.

2. What does Peters propose to Latimer?
(a) That they schedule a duel.
(b) That they form an alliance.
(c) That they find Dimitrios and kill him.
(d) That they turn themselves into the police.

3. What does Colonel Haki say to Latimer is expected of him?
(a) To be smart.
(b) To travel a lot.
(c) To be professional.
(d) To play the fool.

4. Who is A. Vazoff?
(a) A lawyer.
(b) A politician.
(c) A policeman.
(d) A bank manager.

5. How tall does the woman who knows Dimitrios say that he is?
(a) 100 centimeters.
(b) 200 centimeters.
(c) Five foot nine.
(d) 182 centimeters.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does La Preveza say about the Roman policiers?

2. What does the Colonel say is the difference between a real criminal and a storybook criminal?

3. Who is the author of the quote that begins the novel?

4. What is rumored about Colonel Haki?

5. What does the interpreter drink during dinner?

Short Essay Questions

1. While Peters is writing in Latimer's hotel room, what does Latimer do? Why does he do this?

2. Where does Latimer go in hopes of corroborating some of the facts Peters told him about how he met Dimitrios? What does he find there?

3. What did Latimer do for the first fifteen years of his adult life? How did this change?

4. As Latimer gets closer to his meeting with Dimitrios, what ailment does he suffer from? What does he do next?

5. What does Peters offer Latimer to drink in his apartment? What does Peters encourage Latimer to do as he tells Latimer his story?

6. What business did Peters get into with Dimitrios? How did their business expand?

7. What important person does Marukakis locate in Sofia? What does this person know about Dimitrios?

8. When Latimer confronts Mr. Peters in his Paris hotel room, what does he threaten him with? What does Peters suggest?

9. When Latimer and Marukakis first meet Irana, what is her reaction to their inquiries? How does this change?

10. What deal did Dimitrios want to make with Giraud and Peters? How did this inconvenience them?

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