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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 15.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who does the fellow who claimed to have an appointment with the President, take his orders from?
(a) His toaster.
(b) The CIA.
(c) Mr. Pym.
(d) The Soviet Union.

3. What does Mr. Renfro bring to Burnham's office?
(a) Orders for a new office.
(b) A POTUS phone.
(c) Burnham's new pass for his "Q" clearance.
(d) A document shredder.

4. Once he gets started, what does the President open the news conference with?
(a) A warning to the Soviet Union.
(b) An apology to the American People.
(c) A short statement about the Honduras.
(d) A warm hello to all the troops in Central America.

5. At the news conference, where does the President say that you have to keep a secret?
(a) Between you and God.
(b) At the bottom of your sock drawer.
(c) With your mother.
(d) In your head.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does Ivy Peniston believe Mr. Joslin should bend the rules for Jerome?

3. Where does Ivy Peniston get the idea that Jerome could cheat on his typing test?

4. Why does Mr. Joslin think that Jerome failed typing?

5. When he drags him into the car, what does Teal insist that Pym do?

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