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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Winnie silently promise herself after Stevie's encounter with the cab driver?
(a) That once her mother returns her entire family will never want for anything or be poor.
(b) That she will ensure her brother never moves from her home.
(c) That her brother will never want for anything he needs or be poor.
(d) That she will somehow come up with enough money so her mother can leave the charity home.

2. What is Ossipon's opinion of Stevie?
(a) That he is simple-minded, but harmless to himself or others.
(b) That while not exceptionally bright, he will learn a trade and do well.
(c) That he is intelligent and likely to be a physician or scientist someday.
(d) That he is a degenerate, capable of becoming a criminal one day.

3. To whom does Winnie's mother entrust what she views as her most valuable asset, her son Stevie?
(a) Stevie's stepfather.
(b) A close neighbor who has a son.
(c) Her only son.
(d) Her only daughter.

4. What is the occupation of Lombroso?
(a) Psychologist.
(b) Psychiatrist.
(c) Attorney.
(d) Criminologist.

5. What is Mr. Verloc's reaction to his mother-in-law's decision to move out?
(a) He is troubled only because Winnie has made it clear she is very concerned.
(b) It does not actually matter much to him, and he is relatively unaffected.
(c) While there is one less mouth to feed, it bothers him that there is also one less to aid in Stevie's care.
(d) He is grateful there is but one of his wife's family he now must be concerned.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is usually privileged to sit in the horsehair armchair in the parlor?

2. What does Mr. Verloc find his wife doing when he returns home immediately following his encounters with Mr. Wurmt and then Mr. Vladimir?

3. What is Mr. Verloc's response to his first contact with Mr. Vladimir?

4. Where does the professor initially encounter Chief Inspector Heat while the latter is conducting his inspection of the Greenwich Park explosion?

5. Who is the patroness of Michaelis?

(see the answer key)

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