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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Colonel Haki say to Latimer is expected of him?

3. What is the name of Latimer's friend who aids him in finding Dimitrios' refugee records?

4. What is rumored about Colonel Haki?

5. What is the name of the Polish contact that Peters gives Latimer?

Short Essay Questions

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

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. Who hunts Dimitrios once he gets out of prison? Where does he go first looking for Dimitrios?

4. Where does the identification card from Dimitrios' refugee records say he was born? What crime does it say he committed?

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

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

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

8. What two questions does Dimitrios ask Latimer as he is leaving? Is he satisfied with Latimer's answers?

9. Where does Latimer meet his contact in Sofia? What is his name? What language does he speak?

10. What does Latimer do in order to understand where Dimitrios went after he left Smyrna? Where does he conclude Dimitrios went?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The first time Latimer sees Dimitrios, he is surprised. Write an essay about the actual physical characteristics of DImitrios compared to the ones in Latimer's mind, along with other character's descriptions of Dimitrios. Be sure to use thoughtful detail and analyze Latimer's reaction to his first sighting of Dimitrios.

Essay Topic 2

Think about the character of Wladyslaw Grodek. What influences does Grodek have on Latimer? How is he connected to Dimitrios? Write an essay on the character of Grodek and his involvement in the plot in the novel.

Essay Topic 3

The preparations that Latimer and Peters make when meeting Dimtrios are intricate and well-planned. Write an essay on these precautions and why they are taken. Do their precautions provide them with a sense of security? Why/ why not?

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