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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Used throughout the text, which of the following does the term “hingmy” mean?
(a) Random person.
(b) Specific item.
(c) Random item.
(d) Lack of an item.

2. In the phrase “an evening mopping up after a guy in a gimp suit who autodarwinates with extreme prejudice” (46), the word “autodarwinates” means which of the following?
(a) Evolves himself.
(b) Kills himself.
(c) Sails himself.
(d) Researches himself.

3. 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) Synecdoche.
(b) Simile..
(c) Metaphor.
(d) Allegory.

4. Liz is obliged to wait for which of the following spans of time to ensure she does not have a concussion?
(a) Approx. 45 minutes.
(b) Approx. 75 minutes.
(c) Approx. 60 minutes.
(d) Approx. 30 minutes.

5. Which of the following topics does the Gnome advise Anwar to avoid at the Georgian consulate?
(a) West Ossetia.
(b) South Ossetia.
(c) North Ossetia.
(d) East Ossetia.

Short Answer Questions

1. To which of the following does the Toymaker compare himself?

2. The phrase “Embarrassingly, excruciatingly, the panic attack you’ve been bottling up washes over you like a drenching cold ocean breaker” (274) offers an example of which of the following?

3. The phrase “mentoring Constables Janie Jones and Baz MacIntyre on the banality of evil, the evil of banality, how to tell the difference between faked videos and the real thing, and the best way to keep a sense of perspective” (47) offers an example of which of the following?

4. Which of the following does Christie keep in his suitcase?

5. To which of the following does the Toymaker compare Anwar?

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