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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 2, Part 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is William perplexed by the telegram he receives from <i>The Daily Beast</i> while at Aden?
(a) The telegram is addressed to John Boot.
(b) He cannot understand the lingo.
(c) The text of the telegram is garbled.
(d) The telegram tells him to return to London.

2. How many servants attend to the Boot family?
(a) Two.
(b) Ten.
(c) Eleven.
(d) Eight.

3. With whom does William meet at the first Ishmaelite Legation?
(a) The Foreign Ambassador.
(b) The Exiled Prime Minister.
(c) The Consul-General.
(d) Doctor Cohen.

4. What has Nannie Bloggs promised William if ever she wins the Irish Sweepstakes?
(a) To take him across seas.
(b) To send him to journalism school.
(c) To buy him a car.
(d) To take him in a plane.

5. Of what school is the man William meets at the first Ishmaelite Legation a graduate?
(a) Cambridge University.
(b) King's College London.
(c) Yale University.
(d) The Baptist College of Antigua.

Short Answer Questions

1. What unfortunately happens to William's first passport?

2. What items does Lord Copper especially impress upon William to take on his trip?

3. What two beasts prominently roam on tethers in the front yard of William's second place of residence in Ishmaelia?

4. What object of William's passes by the customs officials of the airport without scrutiny?

5. What is the name of the woman who attends William in the equipment emporium?

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