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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Milly:

2. When Wormold receives fifteen hundred dollars for the bogus flight of the Cuban pilot, he plans to use the money:

3. Hawthorne is known as:

4. Why are there fewer tourists in Havana than usual?

5. Why does the Englishman run the water in the Gents?

Short Essay Questions

1. What indicates that Wormold didn't know what he was getting into when he accepted money from Hawthorne?

2. What does Wormold learn about the Englishman who had been in his shop?

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

4. What happens when Hawthorne hears footsteps approaching the men's room?

5. Why is there a curfew in Santiago?

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

7. Why is Wormold going through his index card list of agents the next morning?

8. How does Wormold keep Beatrice from finding his agents?

9. Why does Hawthorne agree to have the Secret Service pay for Wormold's Country Club membership?

10. What word is Mr. Wormold worried about with his vacuum cleaner business?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Evaluate the Chief's handling of the Havana situation? Do you think he did the right thing with the message that the constructions were a failure? What would have happened if he didn't devise this plan?

Essay Topic 2

Wormold insisted on attending the European's Traders' Association luncheon because he wanted to find the killer. Do you think this was a wise move? What did he want to prove? Why didn't he skip the luncheon?

Essay Topic 3

Wormold more or less stumbles into intelligence work not knowing what was expected of him or that it could be dangerous. At what point does he begin to realize the dangers? What precautions does he take? Does Beatrice have anything to do with it?

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