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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 3, Part 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At what time does William Boot, after a harrowing morning in the hotel, reach Copper House, to Mr. Salter's dismay?
(a) 11 a.m.
(b) 2 p.m.
(c) 4 p.m.
(d) 12 p.m.

2. What are the last two items William adds to his kit from the equipment emporium?
(a) A Christmas hamper and Santa Claus costume.
(b) A coil of rope and a sheet of tin.
(c) A set of surgical instruments and portable humidor.
(d) Two cleft sticks.

3. What alliterative word is used to first describe the four Frenchmen in the Hotel Liberty?
(a) Flippant.
(b) Frantic.
(c) Fastidious.
(d) Furious.

4. From what correspondence school has Bateson graduated?
(a) Windward.
(b) Ellerbe.
(c) Aircastle.
(d) Highcastle.

5. What regular Ishmaelite practice has kept the country from being colonized?
(a) Cannibalism.
(b) Polygamy.
(c) Witchcraft.
(d) Ritual suicide.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which Boot receives notification of Lord Copper's reward?

2. To where do the Ishmaelian taxi drivers in Jacksonburg take foreigners when the latter cannot be understood?

3. For what paper does Mr. Pappenhacker work?

4. From where does Paleologue provide servant boys to the journalists at the Hotel Liberty?

5. What has Nannie Bloggs promised William if ever she wins the Irish Sweepstakes?

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