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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 had been Blair’s prisoner number?
(a) 8675309.
(b) 20211112.
(c) 972284.
(d) 186282.

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

3. Which of the following accents is ascribed to McDougall?
(a) Tranent.
(b) Currei.
(c) Kirkliston.
(d) Loanhead.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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)?

2. Which of the following teams’ jackets does Anwar note wearing?

3. Used throughout the text, which of the following does the term “hingmy” mean?

4. On which of the following days does the novel begin?

5. In 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), the word “clocked” carries which of the following meanings?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What reasons does the Toymaker give for avoiding travel by plane?

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

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

8. What justifications does Anwar give for frequenting pubs?

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

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

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