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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. While they have a discussion at their table, a woman at the next table:

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

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

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Wormold get the British to pay for his yearly trip to visit retailers?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. What happens when Wormold is on his way to meet Hawthorne?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Do you think that Wormold was creative in his handling of the intelligence reports? Why didn't the experts catch the sketches of the vacuum cleaner parts? Do you think that this kind of situation could really happen?

Essay Topic 2

Hawthorne recruits Wormold for intelligence work. Explain how. How did Hawthorne know that Wormold wouldn't refuse? What did Wormold's financial situation have to do with his recruitment?

Essay Topic 3

Does the book have a happy ending? Yes or no? Explain your position. How else could it have ended? Is the ending realistic from your point of view? Why or why not?

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