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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What makes Burnham decide to take the bus to work instead of a cab?
(a) He was running too late to walk.
(b) He enjoyed the people he met on the bus.
(c) The light changed.
(d) The couple asleep in the car had frightened him.

2. What has Mr. Pym done for Ivy in the past?
(a) Given her and Jerome extra work from time to time.
(b) Taken care of a customs problem in Bermuda.
(c) Loaned Ivy his car.
(d) He had gotten Ivy a United States Passport.

3. Who's personal chef has Dickinson been?
(a) Joseph Stalin's.
(b) Heinrich Himmler's.
(c) Adolf Hitler's.
(d) Franklin Roosevelt's.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Burnham working on as the story opens?

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

3. How does Burnham describe the task he is working on as the story begins?

4. Why does Mr. Joslin think Ivy Peniston would want to go back to Bermuda?

5. How long has Mr. Pym served as a spy for the Soviets?

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