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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. On Dimitrios' identification card, how is he supposed to have escaped?

2. How do the police identify the body in the river?

3. Where do Latimer and the interpreter meet to exchange the documents?

4. How tall does the woman who knows Dimitrios say that he is?

5. What language are the records written in that Latimer wants?

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. Where do Latimer and Marukakis go to meet Irana Preveza? What type of business is this? How does Latimer feel about it?

3. What crime was Dimitrios a part of in Izmir? Who took the blame for his actions?

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

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

6. Who was Peters in business with when he first met Dimitrios? What was his first impression of Dimitrios?

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

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

9. When Dimitrios first walks into the hotel room, what surprises Latimer? What did Latimer expect?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Grodek's operation in Belgrade is essential to the plot of the novel. How was Dimitrios involved? Who was Grodek's target? Who was Grodek's employer? Write an essay on Grodek's operation in Belgrade, being sure to use details. What do you learn about Dimitrios from Grodek's story?

Essay Topic 2

Consider the role of women in the detective novel. How are women portrayed in this novel? What strengths do they possess? What weaknesses? Make sure to use strong examples.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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