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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 artifacts does Ford not keep in his study?
(a) Unborn sharks.
(b) A small parrot's head.
(c) A jade amulet.
(d) An ant farm.

2. How long have Hollins and Ford known each other?
(a) Since high school.
(b) Since middle school.
(c) Since elementary school.
(d) Since college.

3. How many copies of the Kin Qux Cho are known?
(a) Four.
(b) One.
(c) Two.
(d) Three.

4. What color are Jessica's eyes?
(a) Brown.
(b) Green.
(c) Blue.
(d) Violet.

5. Where did Tomlinson go to college?
(a) Yale.
(b) Brown.
(c) Harvard.
(d) Princeton.

Short Answer Questions

1. At what time of day does Ford exit the Presidential Palace?

2. How does Dr. Marion Ford exit the Presidential Palace in the prologue of the novel?

3. What type of sharks live at the marina near Ford's house?

4. According to the narrator, how much does Melsinki weigh?

5. Which of the following items is not one of the only three items Ford has left in his refrigerator when Dr. Braun-Richards arrives?

Short Essay Questions

1. What package is waiting for Ford at the American Embassy the day after he leaves the Presidential Palace?

2. How does Dr. Marion Ford emerge from the Presidential Palace at the opening of the novel?

3. What type of relationship does Ford have with Sally Field?

4. Who is Donal Pio Cheng?

5. How does Ford react to the partying the doctors are doing on the other side of the water?

6. What clues does Ford search for in Tequesta after discovering Hollins's body?

7. How does the old man outside the Presidential Palace treat Ford when he sees him emerge?

8. Why does Ford get into a fight with an out-of-state salesman?

9. What was Rafe Hollins's final year of marriage like before his divorce?

10. How did Hollins treat Ford when they met years earlier in South America?

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