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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Although he is actually a speech writer for the President of the U.S.A, who does Timothy Burnham "officially" work for?
(a) The Department of Energy.
(b) The Washington Post.
(c) The Central Intelligence Agency.
(d) The American Broadcasting System.

4. Why does Pym choose Nebraska as a biographical core for his American identity?
(a) Nebraska reminded him of his homeland.
(b) His superiors had instructed him to use Nebraska for this purpose.
(c) He wasn't familiar with any other states.
(d) The Nebraska accent.

5. What are Burnham's parting words to Epstein as he is leaving the Mess?
(a) "What about you? Do you work here?"
(b) "Where did you get your suit?"
(c) "It is an honor to meet you"
(d) "What time is our meeting this morning?"

6. Why was Eva in Jail?
(a) For not paying her taxes.
(b) For being the daugher of a Soviet spy.
(c) For plotting to blow up the Glen Canyon Dam.
(d) For being the daughter of a Nazi.

7. Who can call on a POTUS phone?
(a) The Soviet Ambassador.
(b) The Washington DC police.
(c) The CIA.
(d) The President of The United States.

8. What is Burnham working on as the story opens?
(a) A college reference letter.
(b) A National Day of Prayer Proclamation.
(c) An official letter of congratulations.
(d) The President's Inaugural Speech.

9. Why does Ivy Peniston believe Mr. Joslin should bend the rules for Jerome?
(a) She will go to the press with the story if he will not help her.
(b) She knows Mr. Joslin bends the rules all the time.
(c) Because he is the kind of person America should want to help.
(d) She is offering Mr. Joslin money for the favor.

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

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

12. What does Mr. Pym say to Ivy that makes her think he could help her?
(a) "I can forge anything".
(b) "Let me know if I can help you with anything".
(c) "Free enterprise means you are free to help yourself...".
(d) "Sometimes you have to bend the rules to survive".

13. How much longer is the President for whom Burnham writes speeches going to be in power?
(a) Four years.
(b) Less than a month.
(c) Six months.
(d) Over a year.

14. How does Pym get custody of Eva?
(a) Louise is sent to jail because she is a Nazi.
(b) He wins custody in divorce court.
(c) He buys her.
(d) Louises father insisits that he take Eva.

15. Where is Epstein's second POTUS. phone located?
(a) With his secretay.
(b) In his toilet.
(c) In his car.
(d) In his home.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Burnham want to do with the flame thrower?

2. Why will Mr. Joslin not bend the rules for Jerome?

3. What kind of information will Burnham have access to with "Q" status?

4. When he meets him at the Mess, what does Cobb have to tell Burnham about?

5. What is Burnham's astrological sign?

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