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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Man of Influence - chapters 1 - 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who owns the bookshop in town that Nicholas enjoys stopping by in "Saint Crispin's Follower"?
(a) Mr. McPhee.
(b) Mr. Flinder.
(c) Mr. Quince.
(d) Mr. Flinders.

2. What color eyes is the statue described as having in "The Binnacle Boy"?
(a) "Emerald green."
(b) "Chicory blue."
(c) "Fire red."
(d) "Ghost white."

3. Who ordered Saints Crispin and Crispinian tortured and beheaded?
(a) Hesychius Romuald.
(b) Rictus Varus.
(c) Theophilus.
(d) Aloysius.

4. What is a form in the approximate shape of a human foot, used by shoemakers and cordwainers in the manufacture and repair of shoes?
(a) Stump.
(b) Bump.
(c) Last.
(d) First.

5. In Chapter 1 of "The Man of Influence," the author writes, "Rain, after all, was the enemy of" what?
(a) Stone.
(b) Nature.
(c) Man.
(d) Dirt.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who tells Nicholas about Mr. Quince's object of desire in Chapter 2 of "Saint Crispin's Follower"?

2. What had Miss Frye been picking when she found an abandoned baby in "The Binnacle Boy"?

3. Who does Nicholas almost knock off a ladder when he enters the grocery store in Chapter 2 of "Saint Crispin's Follower"?

4. Why does the ghost choose the spot he does for the statue in Chapter 3 of "The Man of Influence"?

5. Who was aboard the brig which came to shore in Chapter 1 of "The Binnacle Boy"?

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