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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which member of the Boot family owns the house and estate?
(a) William Boot.
(b) Bernard Boot.
(c) Roderick Boot.
(d) Theodore Boot.

2. After whose style has William Boot modeled his writing?
(a) Hillaire Belloc.
(b) John Courteney Boot.
(c) Lord Copper.
(d) The late rector of Boot Magna.

3. What important individual initially meets William at the equipment emporium?
(a) General Cruttwell.
(b) Lord Copper.
(c) John Boot.
(d) Algernon Stitch.

4. What position does John Boot initially seek from Mr. Stitch as a means of foreign employ?
(a) A wartime correspondent.
(b) A position of espionage.
(c) A diplomatic ambassador.
(d) A trade representative.

5. How many servants attend to the Boot family?
(a) Ten.
(b) Eight.
(c) Two.
(d) Eleven.

Short Answer Questions

1. What phrase does Corker tell William to cable back to London regarding Aden's military preparedness?

2. How much money is William given by <i>The Daily Beast</i> in traveler's checks?

3. What is the new word which Josephine learns and uses to describe many things to John Boot?

4. Of what does Mr. Salter insist Lord Copper must remain ignorant?

5. In what month do the events of the <i>Scoop</i> begin to unfold?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Mrs. Stitch persuade Lord Copper to seek out John Boot as the foreign war correspondent to Ishmaelia?

2. Why do the newspapers routinely return from the sickrooms "hopelessly mutilated" at Boot Magna Hall?

3. What should stick out to the woefully unjournalistic mind of William when his fellow passenger also leaves the train in Marseilles?

4. Why has John Boot's situation in London become very awkward?

5. For what reason does John Boot come to see Julia Stitch at the beginning of the story?

6. How is William able to send his second big story to the <i>Daily Beast</i> after the Soviet coup?

7. How do William and Corker both feel about Dr. Benito at the meeting of the Foreign Press Association?

8. By what misunderstanding is William Boot mistaken for the Boot that Lord Copper asked Mr. Salter to find?

9. How do the guests of Lord Copper's banquet amuse themselves while Lord Copper delivers his 38-minute speech?

10. Describe the activity in Mrs. Stitch's bedroom when John Boot comes to visit her in her home.

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