1. Which of the following does the novel describe as “intent on milking a public purse that no longer had a solid tax base with which to pay” (82)?
(a) Housing complex.
(b) Persecution complex.
(c) Military-industrial complex.
(d) Prison-industrial complex.

2. Which of the following does Anwar note the Issyk-Kulistan tourist brochures display?
(a) Sheep.
(b) Bison.
(c) Yaks.
(d) Goats.

3. From which of the following offices does Kemal note having been dispatched?
(a) Athens.
(b) Antwerp.
(c) Ankara.
(d) Alsaice.

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

5. Which of the following had been Blair’s prisoner number?
(a) 8675309.
(b) 20211112.
(c) 186282.
(d) 972284.

Short Answer Questions

1. The comment that “she ran the most efficient money-laundering operation ever seen north of Hadrian’s Wall” (109) offers an example of which of the following?

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

3. To which of the following does MacLeish equate Liz?

4. The comment that the Gnome is “Bent as a seven-bob note” (20) offers an example of which of the following?

5. Which of the following is acknowledged as contributing to the novel?

(see the answer key)

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