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

2. Which of the following is the name of the secured residence for Kyrgyzstan’s leader?
(a) Utopia.
(b) Xanadu.
(c) Avalon.
(d) Shangri-la.

3. Which of the following is noted as Blair’s proximate cause of death?
(a) Accidental overdose.
(b) Aortic aneurysm.
(c) Cardiac arrest.
(d) Intestinal rupturing.

4. In which of the following departments does Kemal note having been assigned?
(a) Security and Enforcement.
(b) Internet Marketing.
(c) Securities Fraud.
(d) Internet Fraud.

5. 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) Prison-industrial complex.
(b) Military-industrial complex.
(c) Persecution complex.
(d) Housing complex.

6. Which of the following does Liz note in Blair’s bathroom?
(a) German toilet seat.
(b) American toilet seat.
(c) Japanese toilet seat.
(d) Chinese toilet seat.

7. 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) Metaphor.
(b) Simile.
(c) Conceit.
(d) Analogy.

8. Which of the following does Liz note as Blair’s age?
(a) 44.
(b) 54.
(c) 59.
(d) 49.

9. 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) Timed.
(b) Vacated.
(c) Worried.
(d) Realized.

10. 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) Public medicine.
(b) Homeopathic medicine.
(c) Nonprofit medicine.
(d) Private medicine.

11. Which of the following accents is ascribed to the Gnome?
(a) Ayrshire.
(b) Dumfriesshire.
(c) Renfrewshire.
(d) Lanarkshire.

12. Which of the following titles is ascribed to MacLeish?
(a) Chief Detective Inspector.
(b) Detective Chief Inspector.
(c) Chief Inspector.
(d) Detective Inspector.

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

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

15. Which of the following does Liz note as her own age in the novel?
(a) 29.
(b) 45.
(c) 31.
(d) 38.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which of the following does Anwar note the Issyk-Kulistan tourist brochures display?

3. Which of the following databases does Liz note needing to initialize regarding Blair’s death?

4. On which of the following does Anwar note the Gnome works?

5. 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?

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