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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 3, Part 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which activity is Mrs. Stitch NOT performing from her bed when John Boot visits?
(a) Signing cheques.
(b) Deciding on costumes for a charity ballet.
(c) Knitting a quilt.
(d) Answering the crossword.

2. What bizarre claim does the pseudo-consul of the second Ishmaelite Legation make?
(a) That the Ishmaelites are an Aryan race.
(b) That he was brought up in Japan.
(c) That the Ishmaelite government has been around since the time of Caesar.
(d) That true Ishmaelites are immortal.

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

4. Between whom does Mr. Salter sit at dinner with the Boot family?
(a) Uncle Bernard and Uncle Roderick.
(b) Uncle Theodore and William.
(c) Mrs. Boot and Lady Trilby.
(d) Priscilla and Nannie Bloggs.

5. What important individual initially meets William at the equipment emporium?
(a) General Cruttwell.
(b) Algernon Stitch.
(c) John Boot.
(d) Lord Copper.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mr. Pappenhack regularly use as a sedative when his mind is restless?

2. What word describes William Boot's opinion of his visits to London?

3. How many copies of John Boot's novel sell in their first year?

4. What word does William use to describe the captain's wife to Corker upon first meeting the latter?

5. What object does Corker purchase for himself while at Steamer Point?

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