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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part One, Continued.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following prices does Bibi note the Issyk-Kulistan bread mix samples fetch at sale?
(a) 6 euros.
(b) 60 euros.
(c) 100 euros.
(d) 50 euros.

2. The comment that it would be better to replace operations “than to try to nurse the emphysemic mafia hold-over out of its intensive care bed and back into a wheelchair” (73) offers an example of which of the following?
(a) Allegory.
(b) Simile..
(c) Metaphor.
(d) Synecdoche.

3. Which of the following does Christie note deliberately not reporting to the Operation?
(a) Mole people.
(b) Lizards.
(c) British royals.
(d) Hidden machines.

4. The comment that the Gnome is “Bent as a seven-bob note” (20) offers an example of which of the following?
(a) Metaphor.
(b) Analogy.
(c) Simile.
(d) Conceit.

5. Which of the following is the name of Anwar’s probation officer?
(a) Williams.
(b) Webster.
(c) MacRae.
(d) Webber.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long does the Gnome note Issyk-Kulistan has been independent when he approaches Anwar about becoming an honorary consul for that nation?

2. Which of the following kinds of hat does Anwar note Tariq wears?

3. Which of the following does Liz note as her own age in the novel?

4. In the phrase “You realized it was a shoo-in when you clocked you were the only candidate they’d bothered to fly out for the interview” (27), the word “clocked” carries which of the following meanings?

5. Who says the phrase, “You realized it was a shoo-in when you clocked you were the only candidate they’d bothered to fly out for the interview” (27)?

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