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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. What food do William, the French administrator, and the administrator's children reject while dining on the <i>Francmacon</i>?
(a) Shriveled oysters.
(b) Hot, pepper-covered fish.
(c) Cold, white fish.
(d) Old, greasy ham.

2. For how long has Frau Dressler lived in Africa?
(a) Ten years.
(b) Thirty years.
(c) Seventeen years.
(d) All her life.

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

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

5. To what street is William suddenly whisked off to in a taxi in order to cover a story regarding Mrs. Stitch?
(a) Fleet Street.
(b) Sloane Street.
(c) Walker Street.
(d) St. Bride's Avenue.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. With what animal does Priscilla mischievously replace the animal on which William Boot had written for his recent Lush Places article?

3. How long does the Soviet Union of Ishmaelia last?

4. What city is Mr. Salter attempting to locate in an atlas on occasion of his first meeting with William Boot?

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

(see the answer key)

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