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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. At which of the following does Christie claim to have met Blair?
(a) The Admiral Nelson.
(b) The Blue Elephant.
(c) The Admiral Duncan.
(d) The Blue Oyster.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. Which of the following is the name of the secured residence for Kyrgyzstan’s leader?

3. 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)?

4. How long does the Gnome note Issyk-Kulistan has been independent when he approaches Anwar about becoming an honorary consul for that nation?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Liz’s police unit justified?

2. What meaning does the novel to the phrase “two-wetsuit job,” and why?

3. What reason does the Gnome give for calling Scotland a “play-state” (21)?

4. What job does Tariq offer Anwar in the novel?

5. What does Liz note had been the crime or crimes leading to Blair’s arrest?

6. What reasons does the Toymaker cite for the Operation avoiding killing?

7. How does Liz characterize pre-1990s policing?

8. What does Liz cite as a reason not to harangue passing bicyclists as she leaves the scene of Blair’s death?

9. What reason does Christie have for doubting the police at Blair’s residence?

10. What factors are cited as having ended large drug cartels in the novel’s history?

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