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

3. What happens when Burnham drops his Pass?
(a) He rips his pants.
(b) The person behind him picks it up.
(c) Seargant T laughs at him.
(d) An alarm goes off in the guard house.

4. Why does Ivy Peniston argue that Jerome could graduate despite failing typing?
(a) He is going to cause trouble when he can't graduate with his class.
(b) He has good grades otherwise.
(c) She wants him out of the house as soon as possible.
(d) She feels embarrassed to tell her neighbors that he is not graduating.

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

6. Who does Ivy think Eva was?
(a) Pym's secretary.
(b) Pym's wife.
(c) Pym's daughter.
(d) Pym's girlfreind.

7. Who are the two people Ivy sees in the corridor?
(a) Cobbs and Seargant T.
(b) Renfro and Burnham.
(c) Epstein and Witt.
(d) Burnham and Dyanna.

8. According to this book, how many workers are on the White House staff?
(a) 50.
(b) 175.
(c) 314.
(d) 75.

9. What has Mr. Pym said he was a collector of that Ivy could get for him in return for his help?
(a) Signed baseballs.
(b) Old Stamps.
(c) "People Trivia"
(d) Coins.

10. What does the high school building remind Ivy Peniston of?
(a) Her own school building back in Bermuda.
(b) The hospital where she gave birth to Jerome.
(c) An asylum for the criminally insane.
(d) The buildings on a Navy base.

11. 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 an easy task that he hopes to finish quickly.
(c) It is going to be a masterpiece when he is finished.
(d) It is a waste of his time and talent.

12. After he confronts Epstein in the Mess, why does Burnham feel terrific?
(a) He was honored to be writing the speech for the President.
(b) He felt well taken care of by Cobb.
(c) He had become an actor instead of a reactor.
(d) He was starting to feel better about his personal problems.

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

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

15. The toaster and the coffee maker in the kitchen are from which foreign countries?
(a) Thailand and Denmark.
(b) Japan and Germany.
(c) China and the Phillipines.
(d) Mexico and Canada.