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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. Wormold writes his sister that the vacuum cleaners aren't selling well because of:
(a) high unemployment
(b) the market is glutted
(c) high prices
(d) power outages

2. Oriente Province, which he visits is:
(a) new market for vacuum cleaners
(b) big market for vacuum cleaners
(c) the home of the rebels
(d) a vacation resort

3. A cable from London tells Wormold:
(a) to try to recruit Hasselbacher
(b) to use Milly as a courier
(c) to try to recruit Captain Segura
(d) to minimize contacts with Hasselbacher

4. What did Milly do at the age of thirteen when a boy pulled her hair?
(a) she set fire to him
(b) she complained to the sisters at the school
(c) she cried
(d) she punched him

5. Regarding his trip, Wormold tells Hawthorne that the purpose is to:
(a) recruit
(b) meet government officials
(c) to check out information
(d) recouperate from an illness

Short Answer Questions

1. Wormold tells Milly that he is beginning a new career as:

2. Beatrice tells Wormold that London's impression of him is that he is:

3. Hawthorne is known as:

4. The duenna is what Wormold's refers to that:

5. In Santiago, Wormold is:

Short Essay Questions

1. How are Wormold's reports received in London?

2. Why does a nervous and excited Hasselbacher call Wormold and tell him to come over to his home?

3. What does Wormold do in response to his anger over what was done to Hasselbacher?

4. When Wormold writes to his sister, what does he tell her?

5. How does Wormold lose Hasselbacher to keep his appointment with Hawthorne?

6. When Wormold learns that Milly wants a horse for her birthday, what two facts does he find disturbing?

7. There is a scene at the Tropicana during Milly's party when a woman squirts Captain Segura with seltzer water. What does Wormold find out from the woman?

8. What warning is contained in the cables from London?

9. When talking to Milly later that night, what advice does Wormold give her?

10. What does Mr. Wormold find when he enters his vacuum cleaner shop?

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