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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. What does Peters discover in Latimer's hotel room that arouses his suspicion?

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

3. What was the name of the man Dimitrios supposedly killed in Izmir?

4. What lie does Latimer concoct so as to not raise suspicion about his investigation?

5. Who is the murderer in Colonel Haki's story?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How did Irana first meet Dimitrios? Why is she mad at him now? What is her reaction to the news of his death?

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

4. 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?

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

6. How much money did Peters lend to Visser in order to help him search for Dimitrios? Why did he do this?

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

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

9. How did Dimitrios double-cross Peters and the rest of the crew? Who is the body in the photograph Peters shows Latimer?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Visser's plot for revenge on Dimitrios is what brings Peters and Latimer to Paris. What obstacles does Visser run into during his search of Dimitrios? Write an essay on how Visser tracks down Dimitrios, and how Peters conjectures Dimitrios switched identities with Visser.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay about the role of history in the detective novel. How does history play an important part in the formulation of plot and investigation in the novel? Be sure to use examples.

Essay Topic 3

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?

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