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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Teal name that Pym actually had information on?
(a) The pasha of Banda.
(b) Cobb.
(c) Burnham.
(d) Benjamin T. Wislow.

2. Who does Burnham praise in the speech he wrote for the President?
(a) Banda's recent peacefuland democratic elections.
(b) The President's policies in Banda.
(c) The pasha of Banda.
(d) The people of Banda.

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

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

5. How does Burnham describe The Secretary of Agriculture's speech?
(a) "Boring."
(b) "Well intended."
(c) "Eloquent, yet only partially true."
(d) "Sophistry."

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who does the fellow who claimed to have an appointment with the President, take his orders from?

3. What is Pym wishing when he turns away from Eva?

4. How does Ivy get a closer look at Burnham's calendar?

5. Why is Pym giving Ivy the Percodan?

(see the answer key)

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