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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long has Mr. Pym served as a spy for the Soviets?
(a) Almost ten years.
(b) Almost forty years.
(c) Almost fifty years.
(d) Almost twenty five years.

2. What does Burnham want to do with the flame thrower?
(a) Learn how to make one himself.
(b) Test his new status with the Pentagon.
(c) Torch Derry's room.
(d) Sell it to the Russians.

3. What threat from his superiors in the Soviet Union prompts Pym to "prowl the perimeters of the White house" ?
(a) The threat of losing his business.
(b) The threat of being sent home.
(c) The threat of losing Eva.
(d) The threat of being exposed as a spy.

4. How much longer is the President for whom Burnham writes speeches going to be in power?
(a) Six months.
(b) Four years.
(c) Over a year.
(d) Less than a month.

5. What is "the boom factor" ?
(a) Something Burnham made up.
(b) A term only people with "Q" status would understand.
(c) The cost of materials for an atom bomb.
(d) The amount of noise an atom bomb makes when it explodes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of information will Burnham have access to with "Q" status?

2. What has Mr. Pym done for Ivy in the past?

3. Why will Mr. Joslin not bend the rules for Jerome?

4. What city does Pinsky jump ship in?

5. What sort of whale oil is an effective lubricant for the trigger devices of a hydrogen bomb?

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