1. What takes place when the Red Committee discussion at the Verloc residence is finished?
(a) The guest members take their leave, and Mr. Verloc gratefully sees them out.
(b) The four members play cards and enjoy some cigars.
(c) The four members head to the neighborhood beer-hall for a few brews.
(d) The three guest members depart to play billiards while Mr. Verloc straighten his shop.

2. How does Winnie learn Stevie was killed in the bombing earlier that day at Greenwich Park?
(a) Winnie listened through the keyhole between the parlor and the kitchen when Heat interviewed her husband.
(b) Winnie determines herself it was Stevie as her husband returned late without him and was acting strangely.
(c) Heat shows her Stevie's overcoat name tag and she reads the newspaper article about the bombing.
(d) When Heat figures out it was Winnie's brother who was killed, he then delivers this news to her in person.

3. What is it the professor tells Ossipon he must sometimes do in seeking his goal?
(a) Seek funds from revolutionary groups.
(b) Rent a very small apartment and scrimp on money.
(c) Work various extra jobs to pay for bomb components.
(d) Skip meals for a day or two, as bomb components are expensive.

4. What does Mr. Verloc give his wife to hide on the evening of the bombing, and where does she place it?
(a) A leather purse containing banknotes that she places under the mattress of their bed.
(b) A locked satchel containing bomb components that she places in the attic.
(c) A briefcase containing papers that she hides behind a tall, grandfather clock.
(d) A pigskin pocketbook containing a large quantity of money that she secures under her bodice.

5. How does the assistant commissioner feel in regard to his conversation with Mr. Verloc on the evening of the Greenwich Park explosion?
(a) He is quite satisfied.
(b) He has only partial confidence in Mr. Verloc's honesty.
(c) He is not at all satisfied.
(d) He is not absolutely confident.

Short Answer Questions

1. During his conversation with the professor on the afternoon of the Greenwich Park explosion, Ossipon expresses how he was acquainted with the individual he assumes was killed and describes the person's sole talent as what?

2. Why is one member of the Red Committee having so much difficulty communicating with other members of the group?

3. Which phrase best describes Stevie?

4. What is Mr. Verloc's reaction to his mother-in-law's decision to move out?

5. What does Mr. Verloc's shop display to draw in customers?

(see the answer key)

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