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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. How do the men in the Cadillac get killed?
(a) By being shot with a Vicker's gun.
(b) By burning.
(c) By crashing.
(d) By bombing.

2. Who sells the Cadillac?
(a) Mark Anders.
(b) Dick Courtney.
(c) Dicky Lancome.
(d) Fergus MacDonald.

3. Who is issued the party card?
(a) None of the above.
(b) Helena.
(c) Harry Fisher.
(d) Mark Anders.

4. Who is Harry Fisher?
(a) Supervisor at Fergus' office.
(b) Fergus MacDonald's neighbor.
(c) Chairman of the party.
(d) Helena's boyfriend.

5. Who is alone at home with Helena?
(a) The butler.
(b) Mark Anders.
(c) Helena's cousin.
(d) Harry Fisher.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who makes their way to the headquarters in Marshall Square?

2. The novel opens with a war in which country?

3. Who is Dennis?

4. Who carries out the sentence?

5. Whom does Helena seduce?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Mark fall into the river?

2. What scares Peter when he meets Dirk?

3. Why does Mark feel guilty when he is at the General's home talking to the Prime Minister?

4. What does Mark see when he goes to Andersland?

5. What is a cuthbert and why is it used by Fergus MacDonald?

6. Why did Dirk Courtney and his compatriots kill John Anders?

7. How does Mark continue his research of the Courtney family?

8. Why does Mark go to the Post Office?

9. What happens at Fergus's home after he gets the telegram?

10. What is the great emptiness that Mark's grandfather tells him about?

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