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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much money per paycheck is Burnham's pay raise worth?
(a) Four hundred and fifty dollars.
(b) Forty eight dollars and seventeen cents.
(c) Twenty eight dollars and thirteen cents.
(d) One hundred dollars.

2. What is Burnham's astrological sign?
(a) Taurus.
(b) Leo.
(c) Capricorn.
(d) Libra.

3. What is Fydor Michaelovitch Pinsky's prized commodity in the Soviet Union during the war?
(a) The cash he earned at the cafe.
(b) His inheritance.
(c) He raised ducks.
(d) Fluent English.

4. What sort of whale oil is an effective lubricant for the trigger devices of a hydrogen bomb?
(a) Blue whale oil.
(b) Killer whale oil.
(c) Orcha whale oil.
(d) Sperm whale oil.

5. Why does Mr. Joslin think that Jerome failed typing?
(a) He believes Jerome lacks discipline.
(b) He knows there are not enough typewriters available to students.
(c) He thinks boys just can't type.
(d) He believes typing is an extremely difficult class.

Short Answer Questions

1. What city does Pinsky jump ship in?

2. What does Burnham want Mr. Renfro to explain?

3. What does Mr. Renfro bring to Burnham's office?

4. What is "the boom factor" ?

5. Burnham's son, Christopher, is reading the horoscope from which magazine?

(see the answer key)

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