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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Pym imagine Teal was arranging for him?
(a) To meet another contact.
(b) To get a substantial cash payment.
(c) To get a one way ticket to Russia.
(d) To be hit by a Taxi.

2. How does Burnham describe the task he is working on as the story begins?
(a) It is a struggle between Church and State.
(b) It is going to be a masterpiece when he is finished.
(c) It is a waste of his time and talent.
(d) It is an easy task that he hopes to finish quickly.

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

4. According to this book, what is the unemployment rate for black males in Washington DC at the time?
(a) Ten percent.
(b) Fifty percent.
(c) Fifteen percent.
(d) Twenty two percent.

5. Why does Burnham feel that no planes should fly over Georgetown?
(a) He was worried about air pollution.
(b) The property prices went down because of planes flying over.
(c) Georgetown looked like a slum from the air.
(d) He disliked the noise.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Pym get custody of Eva?

2. Whose speech does Burnham hear while at college in 1960?

3. How does Dyanna find out that Sarah had kicked Burnham out?

4. Who are the two people Ivy sees in the corridor?

5. Who does Burnham call from Dyanna's desk?

(see the answer key)

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