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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. About what does Mr. Todd become evasive?
(a) How Messinger dies.
(b) Why he is there.
(c) Who Mr. Todd really is.
(d) Helping Tony leave.

2. Who nurses Tony back to health?
(a) No one; he recovers on his own.
(b) Dr. Messinger.
(c) Mr. Todd.
(d) The Pie Wie tribe.

3. What propels Tony to start a dialog with Brenda?
(a) A letter from Jock.
(b) His grief about John Andrew.
(c) A letter from John Beaver.
(d) Nothing in particular.

4. What does Tony miss while he is drugged?
(a) A letter from Brenda.
(b) The marriage of Mr. Todd and a village woman.
(c) Nothing.
(d) The arrival and departure of a search party.

5. Who does Tony engage to start the divorce proceedings?
(a) His brother-in-law.
(b) Some seedy lawyers.
(c) His family's loyal retainer.
(d) No one; he's going to take care of it himself.

6. What would Brenda's increased demands mean?
(a) Tony would have to go back to working as a lawyer.
(b) Tony would have to give up his estate at Hetton.
(c) Brenda could pay for a annulment instead of divorce.
(d) Brenda could support her mother.

7. Who ends up going with Dr. Messinger and Tony?
(a) A group of the villagers.
(b) Rosa.
(c) No one.
(d) Ten men.

8. What rumor is Brenda spreading about Tony?
(a) That he beat up John Beaver.
(b) That he had a live-in mistress.
(c) That he is an an alcoholic and had an affair with Jenny Abdul Akbar.
(d) That he beat her.

9. What does Messinger hope to find now?
(a) A way back to the Macushi.
(b) The Pie Wie tribe.
(c) Medical help for Tony.
(d) The city of gold.

10. What does Tony do in a weak moment?
(a) Starts a nasty rumor about Brenda.
(b) Goes and beats up John Beaver.
(c) Almost kills himself.
(d) Calls Brenda and tries to effect a reconciliation.

11. What is Brenda trying to get?
(a) Money from Reggie.
(b) Money out of Tony's estate.
(c) Money from Mrs. Beave.
(d) Money from John Beaver.

12. Where are Tony and Milly going?
(a) To a seedy motel in Essex.
(b) To the Riviera.
(c) To the seashore in Brighton.
(d) To Paris.

13. What letter does Tony receive from Brenda on Monday?
(a) A plea for reconciliation.
(b) A confession and a request for ending the marriage.
(c) A accusation for not taking better care of John Andrew.
(d) A suicide letter.

14. Where does Tony meet his traveling companion?
(a) The theater.
(b) The Greville Club.
(c) The London Museum.
(d) At a party at Jock's home.

15. Why does Jock apologize?
(a) For knowing about Brenda and John and not saying anything to Tony.
(b) For leaving Mrs. Rafferty at Hetton for a few days.
(c) For not helping John Andrew control his horse.
(d) For introducing Brenda and John initially.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rosa say when Tony talks to her about going further on?

2. How much is Brenda now requesting as a settlement?

3. What annoys Tony the most when Milly arrives?

4. Where does Messinger want to go?

5. Where is Tony at the opening to this chapter?

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