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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Brita in Beirut to photograph?
(a) President Nixon.
(b) Khomeini.
(c) Saddam Hussein.
(d) Abu Rashid.

2. What does Scott call the local bus station?
(a) A shed.
(b) A ticket booth.
(c) A cow barn.
(d) A shelter.

3. What does Karen collect for the homeless people?
(a) Pennies.
(b) Food.
(c) Reusables.
(d) Clothes.

4. In which city does George say he can speak to Bill safely?
(a) New York.
(b) London.
(c) Athens.
(d) Paris.

5. What does Rashid say they teach the children?
(a) Humor.
(b) Identity.
(c) Life.
(d) Independence.

6. What does Scott think he will tell Charlie about the manuscript?
(a) It was never started.
(b) It's finished.
(c) It will never be completed.
(d) It has been destroyed.

7. What does Rashid tell Brita he doesn't want to hear about?
(a) War.
(b) America.
(c) Europe.
(d) Problems.

8. Who is Bill going to see just before he boards the ferry?
(a) Charlie.
(b) A doctor.
(c) A dentist.
(d) George.

9. What does Scott say Karen looks like as she approaches the house?
(a) An icicle on a winter's day.
(b) A floating leaf on an Autumn's day.
(c) A rose bud on a Spring day.
(d) A cloud dreamer on a summer's day.

10. What dictator does the Beatles song mention?
(a) Mao.
(b) Hitler.
(c) Trotsky.
(d) Stalin.

11. Who has employed Brita for her latest assignment?
(a) The British government.
(b) The American government.
(c) A German magazine.
(d) A French magazine.

12. Who does Karen say has a plan for all mankind?
(a) Jesus.
(b) Scott.
(c) Master.
(d) Mao.

13. How does Karen say she got from the bus station?
(a) She hitchhiked.
(b) She took a taxi.
(c) She cycled.
(d) She walked.

14. What does Karen find particularly interesting about the funeral?
(a) The propaganda.
(b) The people's love for him.
(c) The haunting music.
(d) The refusal to accept he is dead.

15. What does Bill do after Liz goes to bed?
(a) Watches a film.
(b) Phones his ex-wife.
(c) Writes notes for his book.
(d) Reads a book.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Karen want Scott to ask her?

2. Why does Brita not like the stories she is being told?

3. What does George keep suggesting that Bill use?

4. What does George worry Bill and Charlie about?

5. What does Rashid say women should carry?

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