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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What alliterative word is used to first describe the four Frenchmen in the Hotel Liberty?
(a) Fastidious.
(b) Flippant.
(c) Furious.
(d) Frantic.

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

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

4. How many gorillas does Hitchcock jokingly claim to have seen after his "return" from Ishmaelia's interior?
(a) Two.
(b) One-hundred.
(c) Thirty-three.
(d) Six.

5. What is unique about the stones William bought from Kätchen?
(a) They have gold ore.
(b) They have silver ore.
(c) Absolutely nothing.
(d) They are solid opal.

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

7. For how long has Kätchen's husband been away when William meets her?
(a) Three years.
(b) Six months.
(c) Six weeks.
(d) Three days.

8. When the journalists leave Jacksonburg to chase Hitchcock's story, where does William go?
(a) He returns to England.
(b) He goes to Laku.
(c) He stays in Jacksonburg.
(d) He goes to Agobe.

9. Where does Lord Copper propose sending William on his next foreign assignment?
(a) Australia.
(b) The South Pole.
(c) Siberia.
(d) Crete.

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

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

12. What does Lord Copper attempt to draw at the beginning of Book 3?
(a) An automobile.
(b) A cow.
(c) A person.
(d) A dog.

13. Who writes the final report from Ishmaelia to <i>The Daily Beast</i>?
(a) Mr. Baldwin.
(b) Corker.
(c) William.
(d) Hitchcock.

14. For how much does William buy the stones offered him by Kätchen?
(a) 100 pounds.
(b) 10 pounds.
(c) 60 pounds.
(d) 20 pounds.

15. In what decade previous to William's story did many European countries attempt expeditions to Ishmaelia?
(a) The 1820s.
(b) The 1890s.
(c) The 1770s.
(d) The 1870s.

Short Answer Questions

1. At what time did the Ishmaelites think the journalists were leaving?

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

3. What regular Ishmaelite practice has kept the country from being colonized?

4. Which animal attacks the former welterweight champion who had come to visit William at Frau Dressler's?

5. How does Lord Copper intend to honor William Boot on his return to England?

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