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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. What can Shields see from where he is at the beginning of the book?
(a) Other passengers.
(b) His wife.
(c) A dead girl.
(d) Other cars.

2. What English naval officer agrees to look for references to the North American Treaty?
(a) Captain Durham-Speer.
(b) Lieutenant Burton-Angus.
(c) Captain Wentworth.
(d) Lieutenant Smythe-Jones.

3. What happens to a ship on the St. Lawrence River?
(a) Collision.
(b) It runs aground.
(c) Explosion.
(d) Pilot error.

4. What time does a ship sink on the St. Lawrence River?
(a) 4 p.m.
(b) 3 a.m.
(c) Midnight.
(d) 2:10 a.m.

5. What comparison does Villon make about his appearance and Gly's appearance?
(a) They could be cousins.
(b) They have the same color eyes.
(c) They could almost be brothers.
(d) They both work out.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Villon ask the officer in charge of the Mounted Police records department to find?

2. Who stops Sandecker when he is out jogging in Chapter 23?

3. What does Sandecker do when he is jogging?

4. Where was Foss Gly born?

5. When the reader first meets Alan Mercier, what type of car is he riding in?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do they know that the tragedy at James Bay was not an accident?

2. Describe the Doodlebug.

3. What have been some challenges that Sarveux has faced during the time he has been Prime Minister?

4. What safety precautions are in effect at the hydroelectric plant?

5. Describe the injuries that the Prime Minister suffers after escaping the plane.

6. Who comes into the Wacketshire station while Harding and Meechum wait for the Manhattan Limited?

7. Why does Giordino interrupt Sandecker's meeting with the Security Council?

8. Why does the dispatcher from Albany call the train station?

9. How do the Royal Canadian Mounted Police save Sarveux's life?

10. Why does Mercier meet with the Secretary of Energy, Ronald Klein?

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