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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To what crisis does Erik Olafsen grudgingly go to aid in Book 2, Chapter 3?
(a) An outbreak of plague.
(b) A medical shortage.
(c) A derailed train.
(d) A tribal dispute.

2. For what does William's companion on the train thank William?
(a) For allowing him on his plane.
(b) For the use of his lighter.
(c) For shooing off the Swiss waiter.
(d) For conversing with him.

3. What food does Kätchen's husband eat in William's room?
(a) A Christmas dinner.
(b) Half a spiral ham.
(c) Assorted Ismaelian fruit.
(d) Canned yams.

4. What word does William use to describe the captain's wife to Corker upon first meeting the latter?
(a) Bulky.
(b) Slender.
(c) Hideous.
(d) Slim.

5. Who is the highest paid journalist in America, about whom Corker tells William a story?
(a) Jocelyn Hitchcock.
(b) Jack Bannister.
(c) Edward Robinson.
(d) Wenlock Jakes.

Short Answer Questions

1. With what sort of art is Corker infatuated?

2. Which of the journalists staying at the Hotel Liberty is suspected of receiving secret information from the government?

3. What beverage does Mr. Salter assume William Boot enjoys?

4. Into what do William and the young German girl climb while William is moving into his new room?

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

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