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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The first morning after Sarah kicked him out and he is having coffee in the Mess, why is Burnham humming when Cobb showed up at his table?
(a) To block out the conversation at the next table.
(b) Humming was a constant activity for him.
(c) To hide the fact he was upset about his personal problems.
(d) To hum along to the tunes playing on the Mess sound system.

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. Why is Mr. Pym interested in Ivy?
(a) She seems like she needs help and he likes to help people.
(b) She works in the White House complex.
(c) He would like to date her.
(d) She is a good cook.

4. What does Ivy think that Mr. Pym wants?
(a) He wants to help her and Jerome.
(b) He wants classified information from a person with "Q" status.
(c) He wants "dirt "on people in order to help his business grow.
(d) He wants memorabilia from the White House.

5. What is Pinsky terrified of in Annapolis?
(a) Americans.
(b) Soft shell crabs.
(c) Being uncovered as a spy.
(d) Not having enough money.

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

7. Why will Mr. Joslin not bend the rules for Jerome?
(a) He believes it would be unfair.
(b) He dosn't like Jerome.
(c) He enjoys being cruel to single mothers.
(d) He is afraid he will be caught.

8. What does Ivy bring Mr Pym?
(a) Shredded papers, a pay envelope and a prescription.
(b) Photo copies of Burnham's calendar.
(c) Phone numbers.
(d) The President's next speech.

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

10. What city does Pinsky jump ship in?
(a) Washington, DC
(b) Halifax, Nova Scotia.
(c) New York, New York.
(d) Boston, MA.

11. Burnham believes he is allergic to what?
(a) Flour.
(b) Peanut butter.
(c) Wheat.
(d) Ethyl alchohol.

12. How does the President feel about Epstein?
(a) He respected his politcal savvy.
(b) He relied on his connections to the CIA.
(c) He needed the votes he could bring in from Louisiana.
(d) He didn't like him but he needed him.

13. Why is Pym giving Ivy the Percodan?
(a) To relieve her pain.
(b) To get her hooked.
(c) His insurance covers pain killers.
(d) She can sell them for extra cash.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What is removed from the basement of the West wing in order to make space for Warner Cobb's office?

4. What is stapled to the door of Derry's room?

5. Why dos Eva record the taxi's license number?

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