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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does William sign for Bateson while the latter has a drink?
(a) A newspaper.
(b) A hat.
(c) A cleft-stick.
(d) A napkin.

4. What beverage does Mr. Salter's wife prepare for him after Boot's second big story comes in?
(a) Vodka on the rocks.
(b) Ovaltine.
(c) Whiskey-soda.
(d) Gin and tonic.

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

6. What is the name of Priscilla's dog?
(a) Devin.
(b) Annabel.
(c) Rosie.
(d) Katerina.

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

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

9. Where does William want to take Kätchen?
(a) Germany.
(b) England.
(c) France.
(d) Laku.

10. Where is William Boot, on his return to England, first met by a <i>Daily Beast</i> representative?
(a) London.
(b) Dover.
(c) Victoria.
(d) Boot Magna Hall.

11. In what language does Mr. Baldwin speak with Mr. Popotakis?
(a) English.
(b) Sicilian.
(c) Farsi.
(d) Demotic Greek.

12. Which Boot receives notification of Lord Copper's reward?
(a) Theodore Boot.
(b) William Boot.
(c) John Boot.
(d) Roderick Boot.

13. How far outside of Jacksonburg are Pigge and Corker stuck?
(a) Twelve miles.
(b) Eight kilometers.
(c) Eighty miles.
(d) Thirteen miles.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When the journalists leave Jacksonburg to chase Hitchcock's story, where does William go?

2. Which relative greets William on his return to Boot Magna Hall?

3. Who is the director of the Ishmaelite Press Bureau?

4. From what town does Hitchcock reportedly score a scoop on the Fascists in Ishmaelia?

5. Of whose esteem is William afraid of losing if he attends the banquet?

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