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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Fergus Kilpatrick die?
(a) He falls off the top of a building.
(b) He is assassinated.
(c) He falls in a well.
(d) He is murdered in his sleep.

2. What does Jaromir Hladik hear in a dream?
(a) The wind blowing his name.
(b) He will live forever.
(c) He will change the world.
(d) He will have the time to finish his play.

3. How long does John Vincent Moon hide while the Irishman fights in the rebellion?
(a) Three days.
(b) A year.
(c) A week.
(d) A month.

4. Why does Erik Lonnrot believe the rabbi was murdered?
(a) As part of a hate crime.
(b) As part of a botched robbery.
(c) He offended a group of religious people.
(d) As part of a crime of passion.

5. Why does Ireneo Funes suffer from insomnia?
(a) His hyper-awareness prevents him from sleeping.
(b) He is afraid of the approaching enemy.
(c) He is in constant pain.
(d) He wants to live every moment.

6. What happens to the Irishman at the end of "The Form of the Sword"?
(a) He is taken away by the authorities.
(b) He runs away to France.
(c) He is shot by Moon.
(d) He is killed in the rebellion.

7. In "Death and the Compass," how are Erik Lonnrot and the police alerted to the third murder?
(a) By clues found at the second crime scene.
(b) By email.
(c) By mail.
(d) By a phone call.

8. In the story, "The End," which character has lost a guitar duel?
(a) The stranger.
(b) The store owner.
(c) The store owner's son.
(d) The black man.

9. Why does Ryan believe Fergus Kilpatrick's murder was never solved?
(a) His body was cremated.
(b) No one was at home with Kilpatrick.
(c) The murder occured in a different country.
(d) The police purposely hid the identity of the killers.

10. What does the narrator ask the Englishman after dinner?
(a) When he fought in the war.
(b) How he received his scar.
(c) Why the room is so dark.
(d) Where he can find a telephone.

11. What is the name of Jaromir Hladik's unfinished play?
(a) The Truth.
(b) The Enemies.
(c) The Lie.
(d) The Secret Miracle.

12. Which Shakespearean character is compared with Fergus Kilpatrick?
(a) Hamlet.
(b) Julius Caesar.
(c) Marcus Brutus.
(d) Agamemnon.

13. What language is spoken in the Sect of the Phoenix?
(a) Celtic.
(b) Hebrew.
(c) All languages.
(d) Dutch.

14. How does the Irishman rescue John Vincent Moon?
(a) By carrying him to a hospital.
(b) By driving him to the border.
(c) By leading him to a safe house.
(d) By bandaging his leg.

15. How is John Vincent Moon wounded?
(a) His shoulder is grazed by a bullet.
(b) He hits his head on a rock.
(c) Both legs are broken from a fall.
(d) His chest is sliced by a bayonet.

Short Answer Questions

1. What talent does Ireneo Funes possess?

2. How does Nils Runeberg die?

3. What happens to Jaromir Hladik at the end of "The Secret Miracle"?

4. Who is Fergus Kilpatrick?

5. Who is most likely the traitor that Fergus Kilpatrick sentences to death?

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