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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. What is missing from Hasselbacher's apartment?

2. What did Milly do at the age of thirteen when a boy pulled her hair?

3. Wormold tells Hasselbacher that he was offered money:

4. When Wormold goes to the Consulate to pick-up a cable, he learns that:

5. Why does Wormold at first say no to Milly's request for a horse?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How does Hawthorne present Wormold to his Chief in London?

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

6. Wormold sends a list of three names who are his sub-agents. Where does he obtain the names from?

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

8. Why does Beatrice become suspicious of the night of Raul's intended flight?

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

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

Why were the British interested in Cuba? What was occurring at the time that was of interest to them? Why would Hawthorne select someone one like Wormold?

Essay Topic 2

Wormold is opposed to Captain Segura from the first time he hears about him because of his friendship with Milly. Throughout most of the book, they appear as adversaries. In the overall context of the novel, was Segura helping Wormold or was he hurting him? Does your answer change when you consider that Segura knew of a the trouble that Wormold was in?

Essay Topic 3

Hawthorne apparently checked out Wormold before recruiting him, but when discussing him with his Chief, he said he was uncertain about Wormold. In what way does Hawthorne press the responsibility to his Chief? In what way does Hawthorne pass the responsibility to her Chief? Do you think he had to know his Chief rather well in order to do this?

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