2. Which of the following topics does the Gnome advise Anwar to avoid at the Georgian consulate?
(a) The Transnistrian alliance.
(b) The Turkmenistani dispute.
(c) The Transylvanian dispute.
(d) The Transnistrian dispute.

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

4. The comment that “Her hands are balled up into fists like walnuts, small and hard as wooden clubs” (137) offers an example of which of the following?
(a) Simile.
(b) Metaphor.
(c) Synecdoche.
(d) Allegory.

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?
(a) Simile..
(b) Synecdoche.
(c) Allegory.
(d) Metaphor.

6. How long does the Gnome note Issyk-Kulistan has been independent when he approaches Anwar about becoming an honorary consul for that nation?
(a) Five days.
(b) Five years.
(c) Five weeks.
(d) Five months.

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

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

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

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

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

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

13. 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)?
(a) Bibi.
(b) Anwar.
(c) The Gnome.
(d) Liz.

14. Which of the following does Anwar note the Issyk-Kulistan tourist brochures display?
(a) Tepees.
(b) Chomchogs.
(c) Yurts.
(d) Bender tents.

15. How long does Liz note workers typically remain in her police unit?
(a) 3 weeks.
(b) 3 months.
(c) 3 years.
(d) 3 days.