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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 1, Part 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. To where does William walk after returning to his hotel, following the incident in Croydon?
(a) The Megalopolitan Office.
(b) Westminster Abbey.
(c) South Kensington.
(d) Hyde Park.

3. After whose style has William Boot modeled his writing?
(a) John Courteney Boot.
(b) Lord Copper.
(c) The late rector of Boot Magna.
(d) Hillaire Belloc.

4. Of what does Mr. Salter insist Lord Copper must remain ignorant?
(a) A fire in Lord Copper's office.
(b) William oversleeping by half a day.
(c) The oversight of the passport.
(d) Mrs. Stitch discovering the mix-up.

5. In what month do the events of the <i>Scoop</i> begin to unfold?
(a) July.
(b) June.
(c) January.
(d) September.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What bizarre claim does the pseudo-consul of the second Ishmaelite Legation make?

3. What time of day does John Boot visit the Stitch residence?

4. Where is William intending to depart the train?

5. What longtime secret ambition of William's is near to fulfillment towards the end of Book 1, Chapter 3?

(see the answer key)

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