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

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

3. Where were drugs hidden during a French drug bust in 1929?
(a) A baby carriage.
(b) A hat.
(c) A suitcase.
(d) A mattress.

4. What is the name of Latimer's interpreter?
(a) Frederick.
(b) Francis.
(c) Fedor.
(d) Fedorov.

5. What year was the assassination attempt on Stambulisky?
(a) 1939.
(b) 1930.
(c) 1922.
(d) 1889.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Latimer's first name?

2. Where is Latimer staying while in Sofia?

3. What is Latimer's reaction to Colonel Haki's story notes?

4. At what time does it say that Latimer and Marukakis left Irana?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Peters tell Latimer about the French Identification card found with the body in the river? How does he prove this?

2. When Latimer sees the gun in Peters' hand, what goes through his mind? What does he say to Peters? What does this tell us about Latimer?

3. When Latimer first reaches Paris, what kind of research does he do? What does he find out?

4. What changes Mr. Peters' opinion of Latimer? What did he find in Latimer's room that caused him so much suspicion?

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

6. What does Colonel Haki show Latimer that makes him suppress laughter? How are the tables turned afterward?

7. Where does Latimer go when he leaves Istanbul? Why does he go here?

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

9. When Latimer's contact asks why Latimer wants this information, what does Latimer tell him? Does the contact believe him?

10. What happened to Bulic at the end of Grodek's story? Bulic's wife?

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