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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Onto what structure does Mr. Baldwin parachute?
(a) The Hotel Liberty.
(b) Mr. Popotakis's Ping-Pong Parlour.
(c) The postmaster general's villa.
(d) Frau Dressler's roof.

2. Into what do William and the young German girl climb while William is moving into his new room?
(a) A canoe.
(b) A mess.
(c) A tent.
(d) A tree.

3. Where do the Boots ship Priscilla in order to accommodate Mr. Salter's visit?
(a) The Caldicotes.
(b) South Hampton.
(c) London.
(d) The Hickenfelds.

4. From what town does Hitchcock reportedly score a scoop on the Fascists in Ishmaelia?
(a) Taku.
(b) Laku.
(c) Agobe.
(d) Kalimina.

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

6. What does the Boot family prevent Mr. Salter from drinking?
(a) Cider.
(b) Beer.
(c) Water.
(d) Wine.

7. At what time does Mr. Salter arrive at Boot Magna Hall?
(a) 10 p.m.
(b) 8 p.m.
(c) 1 a.m.
(d) 4:30 p.m.

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

9. At whose villa does Dr. Benito attempt to persuade William to stay?
(a) The British ambassador's.
(b) The president's.
(c) Dr. Benito's.
(d) The postmaster-general's.

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

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

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

13. What group among the journalists uses the largest lorry?
(a) The International News Agency.
(b) The <i>Daily Brute</i> Staff.
(c) The Excelsior Movie-Sound Expeditionary Unit.
(d) The Universal News Contingent.

14. What family holds a dynasty over the Ishmaelian government?
(a) The Soum family.
(b) The Boot family.
(c) The Benito family.
(d) The Jackson family.

15. On William and Corker's train to Ishmaelia, who selfishly occupies one of the four first-class compartments?
(a) A Swiss ticket collector.
(b) William and Corker.
(c) An English diplomat.
(d) Corker.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what language does Mr. Baldwin speak with Mr. Popotakis?

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

3. What is Kätchen's father's nationality?

4. In what decade previous to William's story did many European countries attempt expeditions to Ishmaelia?

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

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