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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. What objects fill the heavy bag belonging to the girl who previously occupied William's room in the Pension Dressler?
(a) Hard-cover books.
(b) Gold bars.
(c) Stones.
(d) Steel rods.

2. After Shumble's story blows over, how many more journalists arrive in Ishmaelia?
(a) Fifty
(b) One-hundred.
(c) Twenty
(d) Ten.

3. What longtime secret ambition of William's is near to fulfillment towards the end of Book 1, Chapter 3?
(a) To fly in a plane.
(b) To cover a big story.
(c) To leave England.
(d) To visit a foreign country.

4. After conversing with William about their respective destinations, William's companion on the train begins to read what?
(a) A copy of <i>The Daily Beast</i>.
(b) A work of French philosophy.
(c) A work of German poetry.
(d) A love letter from his wife.

5. How much of the <i>Francmacon</i>'s deck is given up to the captain's quarters?
(a) Almost all.
(b) A third.
(c) Half.
(d) A quarter.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many servants attend to the Boot family?

2. To what country does <i>The Daily Beast</i> want William Boot to travel?

3. How much does William's toothbrush purchased from the hotel cost?

4. Who chairs the Foreign Press Association in Sir Jocelyn Hitchcock's absence?

5. At what time does Mr. Salter awake William by telephone while the latter is at the hotel?

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