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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mr. Pappenhack regularly use as a sedative when his mind is restless?
(a) <i>Le Fleurs du Mal</i>.
(b) The evening newspaper.
(c) A toy train.
(d) Whiskey.

2. About what does Mr. Salter interrupt Lord Copper's drawing at the beginning of Book 3?
(a) Gardening.
(b) The war in Ishmaelia.
(c) Germany.
(d) Bucharest.

3. To where do the Ishmaelian taxi drivers in Jacksonburg take foreigners when the latter cannot be understood?
(a) To Frau Dressler's house.
(b) To the railway station.
(c) To the Hotel Liberty.
(d) To the Swede.

4. What does the Boot family give up for the sake of the war effort in 1914?
(a) Eating meat.
(b) Tea.
(c) The motorcar.
(d) The telephone.

5. To whom is it commonly mistaken, by his family, that William has a romantic attachment?
(a) Frau Dressler.
(b) Miss Caldicote.
(c) Kätchen.
(d) Sarah Penning.

6. What regular Ishmaelite practice has kept the country from being colonized?
(a) Witchcraft.
(b) Cannibalism.
(c) Polygamy.
(d) Ritual suicide.

7. Why must the young man rather than Bert Tyler drive?
(a) Bert Tyler lost his legs.
(b) Bert Tyler cannot see well.
(c) The young man needs the experience.
(d) Bert Tyler is a narcoleptic.

8. The man employed by the Ishmaelite government waiting for William at Frau Dressler's is former welterweight champion of what university?
(a) King's College London.
(b) Oxford University.
(c) The Adventist University of Alabama.
(d) St. John's University.

9. Where does Smiles, the Fascist leader, escape after stealing German money?
(a) The Congo.
(b) Germany.
(c) England.
(d) The Sudan.

10. In what is the sign bearing the name "Boot" held at the Dover train station?
(a) A cleft stick.
(b) A store window.
(c) Clothespins.
(d) A young boy's hands.

11. Which nation has been manipulating Dr. Benito for its financial advantage in Ishmaelia?
(a) Germany.
(b) England.
(c) France.
(d) Russia.

12. How much money per year is the contract Mr. Salter offers William at Boot Magna Hall?
(a) 2,000 pounds.
(b) 500 pounds.
(c) 10,000 pounds.
(d) 32,000 pounds.

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

14. How many cabs transport William and all his luggage from Victoria?
(a) Two.
(b) Three.
(c) Four.
(d) One.

15. How long does the Soviet Union of Ishmaelia last?
(a) Three days.
(b) One day.
(c) Sixteen years.
(d) Twenty weeks.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is unique about the stones William bought from Kätchen?

2. In what part of the continent of Africa does Ishmaelia lie?

3. For how long has Frau Dressler lived in Africa?

4. What is the name of the proprietress of the Hotel Liberty?

5. What is the name of Jakes' jackal?

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