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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. While Beatrice is talking to Wormold, who arrives?
(a) Captain Segura
(b) the police
(c) Rudy, the radio operator
(d) Dr. Hasselbacher

2. In a cable to Hawthorne, Wormold tells of:
(a) a big military installation being built in Oreinte Province
(b) strange man asking questions about Hawthorne
(c) what happened to Hasselbacher
(d) Lopez demanding large amounts of money

3. Who joins their table at the outing for Milly?
(a) Hawthorne
(b) Mother Superior
(c) Lopez
(d) Captain Segura

4. On the trip, Wormold:
(a) collects names to send to Hawthorne
(b) interviews people he could recruit
(c) meets with his sub-agents
(d) decides to quite the Secret Service

5. What do Wormold and Hasselbacher do every morning?
(a) go for a walk
(b) play cards
(c) meet for a daiquiri
(d) read the paper

6. What does Wormold find in Milly's room?
(a) receipts for her shopping
(b) herdiary
(c) a list of Country Club members
(d) a love letter to Captain Segura

7. When Wormold enters the Sloppy Joe bar, what does he see?
(a) the English man who was in his store
(b) Milly
(c) Dr. Hasselbacher
(d) Lopez

8. Wormold invents his sub-agents by:
(a) talking to people and finding the ones who were interested
(b) finding names in the newspaper
(c) asking at a bar
(d) selecting names from the Country Club list

9. What does Wormold collect?
(a) coins
(b) old newspaper
(c) stamp
(d) miniature whiskey bottles

10. What is Mr. Wormold's occupation?
(a) bar owner
(b) consular official
(c) vacuum cleaner salesman
(d) ship's captain

11. What does Wormold find when he returns to his shop?
(a) the door locked
(b) Lopez gone
(c) a man asking questions about vacuum cleaners
(d) Milly behind thecounter

12. Beatrice tells Wormold that London's impression of him is that he is:
(a) a small businessman
(b) an old fashioned merchant king
(c) a hustler
(d) a wealthy land owner

13. Why does Wormold worry?
(a) his business is failing
(b) he can't pay for the new inventory
(c) he has gambling debts
(d) his pension won't be enough to take Milly to England

14. In Havana, Wormold receives a panicky phone call from:
(a) Milly
(b) Lopez
(c) Captain Segura
(d) Hasselbacher

15. Wormold goes with Hasselbacher to key:
(a) the newspaper
(b) theater tickets
(c) Daiquiris
(d) lottery tickets

Short Answer Questions

1. The Englishman, whose name is Hawthorne, wants to:

2. What happens when Wormold goes to keep his appointment with Hawthorne?

3. What does Wormold find that Beatrice wants him to do:

4. Dr. Hasselbacher and Mr. Wormold are talking in:

5. Which of the following does Hawthorne not considered a necessity for Wormold's office:

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