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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. How long has Mr. Pym served as a spy for the Soviets?
(a) Almost ten years.
(b) Almost forty years.
(c) Almost fifty years.
(d) Almost twenty five years.

4. What does Burnham find out about the pasha of Banda?
(a) That he owed millions of dollars to the World Bank.
(b) That he was a murderous dictator.
(c) That he was gravely ill.
(d) That he couldn't speak English.

5. When he meets him at the Mess, what does Cobb have to tell Burnham about?
(a) That he was installing a POTUS phone in Burnham's office that day.
(b) That the White House had, in fact, bugged his wife's car.
(c) The President requested him to write a toast speech for a dinner.
(d) That a mandatory staff meeting was happening that morning.

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

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

8. Burnham's son, Christopher, is reading the horoscope from which magazine?
(a) NewsWeek.
(b) The Lampoon.
(c) Sports Illustrated.
(d) Rolling Stone.

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

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

11. How much does Pym pay Louise to divorce him?
(a) $100,000
(b) $5,000
(c) $2,500
(d) $10,000.

12. 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.

13. How does Ivy know she has "struck the mother lode" when she enters the office?
(a) She sees the shredder.
(b) She sees a POTUS phone.
(c) She can tell by the room number.
(d) Signed photos of the President and Burnham are on the wall.

14. What does Burnham say to Sarah about his reason for writing for the President?
(a) He does it for the power.
(b) That he does it for the money.
(c) That he agrees with the President.
(d) He couldn't get another job.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does Sergeant T have Burnham halt at the guard house?

3. Why is Pym giving Ivy the Percodan?

4. According to this book, what is the unemployment rate for black males in Washington DC at the time?

5. What city does Pinsky jump ship in?

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