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

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

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

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

5. In which of the following does Liz note living?
(a) Ravelston.
(b) Drylaw.
(c) Barnton.
(d) Clermiston.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following kinds of hat does Anwar note Tariq wears?

2. To which of the following is the novel dedicated?

3. Which of the following does Anwar suspect he has been handed by an ostensible trade delegation from Issyk-Kulistan?

4. 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?

5. 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)?

Short Essay Questions

1. What reasons does Jackson give for authorities disliking private fabricators (30-31)?

2. What problems does Dorothy note caused her to call on Liz initially in Rule 34?

3. What materials does Anwar note receiving to commence his consular duties?

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

5. What is noted as the first pseudo-nation, and what are its circumstances?

6. What, per Liz, is the “first law of detection,” and what does it mean (38)?

7. What justifications does Anwar give for frequenting pubs?

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

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

10. What problems does Liz note in preparing for her first in-novel meeting with Dorothy?

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