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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. How do the police identify the body in the river?
(a) An American passport.
(b) A French identification card.
(c) A Turkish life insurance statement.
(d) A Russian driver's license.

2. 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.

3. What do Latimer and Marukakis drink while they wait for Irana?
(a) Absinthe.
(b) Champagne.
(c) Curacao.
(d) Wine.

4. What kind of gun does Mr. Peters have?
(a) Remington.
(b) Smith-Wesson.
(c) Luger.
(d) An Uzi.

5. Where did Irana pin her money when Dimitrios first came to her apartment?
(a) Under a dresser.
(b) Under the mattress.
(c) In the curtains.
(d) In her skirt.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much money did Dimitrios owe Irana?

2. What is the name of the woman who owns the villa that Latimer stays at?

3. Who is A. Vazoff?

4. What does the Frenchman, Chamfort, say that chance is a nickname for?

5. Where does Latimer think Dimitrios went after he left Smyrna?

Short Essay Questions

1. What nationality is Latimer's interpreter? Why is he in Turkey?

2. Where does Peters say is Latimer's next stop in his research of Dimitrios? What does he do to aid in this endeavor?

3. 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?

4. Who does Latimer meet when he is in Istanbul? What characteristics does the man have? What does Latimer learn about the man later?

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

6. For what three reasons did Latimer become a professional writer?

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

8. What role did Dimitrios have in Grodek's operation in Belgrade? How did this work against Grodek?

9. What history is told about the city of Smyrna? Who took ultimate control of the city? What did they do?

10. What is Latimer afraid of as he waits in the hotel room for Dimitrios? What does Peters suggest?

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