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

Multiple Choice Questions

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) Trade education.
(b) Higher education.
(c) Secondary education.
(d) Primary education.

2. At which of the following do Anwar and Tariq arrange to meet?
(a) El Cartel on Warrington’s Close.
(b) The Halfway House on Fleshmarket Close.
(c) The Filling Station on Anchor Close.
(d) The Mitre on High Street.

3. The comment that “you don’t need to mix the metaphor to drink the cocktail, however bitter” (11) offers an example of which of the following?
(a) Analogy.
(b) Simile.
(c) Conceit.
(d) Metaphor.

4. Which of the following fees does Tariq offer to pay Anwar?
(a) 100 euros.
(b) 1,500 euros.
(c) 1,000 euros.
(d) 500 euros.

5. Blair is revealed to have been on which of the following drugs?
(a) Sildenafil.
(b) Avanafil.
(c) Vardenafil.
(d) Tadalafil.

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

7. Which of the following databases does Liz note needing to initialize regarding Blair’s death?
(a) SIEGER.
(b) VICTOR.
(c) NIKE.
(d) ATHENA.

8. Which of the following ages does Anwar note being?
(a) 49
(b) 28.
(c) 22.
(d) 39.

9. Which of the following is the formal name for Liz’s unit?
(a) Innovative Crime Investigation Unit.
(b) Edinburgh Mounted Police.
(c) National Cybercrimes Investigation Division.
(d) Criminal Investigative Division.

10. Which of the following accents is ascribed to McDougall?
(a) Kirkliston.
(b) Currei.
(c) Loanhead.
(d) Tranent.

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

12. Which of the following calls Datka to summon him to the First Citizen’s residence?
(a) Pavel.
(b) Leo.
(c) Vladimir.
(d) Dmitry.

13. 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?
(a) Worried.
(b) Realized.
(c) Timed.
(d) Vacated.

14. 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?
(a) Metonymy.
(b) Simile.
(c) Synecdoche.
(d) Metaphor.

15. Which of the following does Christie keep in his suitcase?
(a) Toothpaste.
(b) Shampoo.
(c) Medications.
(d) Body wash.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The phrase “the latest scuttlebutt about Dickie’s dastardly deviant’s demise” (47) offers an example of which of the following?

3. Which of the following games does Jackson note playing?

4. In which of the following is Jackson reported to live?

5. 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?

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