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

2. 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) Metaphor.
(b) Simile.
(c) Allegory.
(d) Synecdoche.

3. To which of the following is the novel dedicated?
(a) Luke.
(b) Logan.
(c) Liam.
(d) Leo.

4. 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) Metaphor.
(c) Metonymy.
(d) Synecdoche.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following accents is ascribed to the Gnome?

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

3. At which of the following do Anwar and Tariq arrange to meet?

4. 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)?

5. Which of the following does Christie note deliberately not reporting to the Operation?

Short Essay Questions

1. What reasons does Anwar cite calling himself “a lucky man in many respects” (92)?

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

3. What reasons does Liz note for not working in CopSpace while riding a bus?

4. What reasons does Christie give for avoiding his medications?

5. What does Liz note as “the problem with being on the Rule 34 squad” (44)?

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

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

8. What does Anwar note occupies his cellar?

9. How is CopSpace initially described in the novel?

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

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