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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. Which of the following databases does Liz note needing to initialize regarding Blair’s death?
(a) POIROT.
(b) ATHENA.
(c) HOLMES.
(d) MARPLE.

2. To which of the following is the novel dedicated?
(a) Jorge.
(b) Gregory.
(c) Geoffrey.
(d) George.

3. Which of the following topics does the Gnome advise Anwar to avoid at the Georgian consulate?
(a) Armenia.
(b) Azerbaijan.
(c) Arnor.
(d) Abkhazia.

4. Which of the following is the first to greet Liz as she reaches the scene of Blair’s death?
(a) MacLeish.
(b) Patel.
(c) Berman.
(d) McDougall.

5. The comment that “You can see the key turning in the lock behind his petrified eyes” (152) offers an example of which of the following?
(a) Metaphor.
(b) Hyperbole.
(c) Synecdoche.
(d) Simile.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following languages does Anwar attempt to learn for his work at the consulate?

2. Which of the following does Anwar remark is Tariq’s age?

3. Which of the following types of plane does Kemal use to arrive in Edinburgh?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Christie plan to leave his identity behind?

3. What is the Morningside Cannibals case in the novel?

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

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

6. What items lead Liz to see parallels among the Blair case and others in Europe?

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

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

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

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

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