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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. What is the name of the companion's valet on the train?
(a) Hax.
(b) Roland.
(c) James.
(d) Cuthbert.

2. How much does William's toothbrush purchased from the hotel cost?
(a) Five shillings.
(b) One pound.
(c) Eight pounds.
(d) Four shillings.

3. What is the new word which Josephine learns and uses to describe many things to John Boot?
(a) Trivial.
(b) Banal.
(c) Superfluous.
(d) Mundane.

4. From what famous individual has Uncle Bernard traced William Boot's descent?
(a) Ethelred the Unready.
(b) King Alfred.
(c) Uther Pendragon.
(d) Canute the Celt.

5. What makes Corker ill while on the ship to Ishmaelia?
(a) The humidity.
(b) A virus.
(c) The fish.
(d) The wine.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What items does Lord Copper especially impress upon William to take on his trip?

3. Which member of the Boot household is the richest in ready cash?

4. What sort of coin does William mistakenly attempt to give the steward on the train to London?

5. For what do the initials of Corker's agency "U.N." stand?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does William not travel with the rest of the journalists to Laku?

2. How does Mrs. Stitch react to John Boot's perplexed inquiries regarding his invitation to knighthood?

3. What characterizes the speech of the black Ishmaelian speaking in Hyde Park when William takes a walk through?

4. How does Erik Olafsen change the more alcohol he drinks, and why is this significant?

5. Why is Mr. Salter sympathetic in thought if not action to William's desire to stay home and continue writing <i>Lush Places</i>?

6. Why is the French colonial administrator aboard the <i>Francmacon</i> perplexed by William going to Ishmaelia?

7. Why does Mr. Salter insist on walking to Boot Magna Hall, rather than riding in the truck full of slag?

8. Why does Uncle Theodore sporadically sing snatches of old songs?

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

10. In what way does Kätchen abuse William's attraction to her?

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