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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Stevie's reaction when the cab driver starts whipping the horse during the ride to his mother's charity home?
(a) Stevie climbs down and refuses to get back on the cab.
(b) Stevie covers his eyes and screams for the driver to stop.
(c) Stevie attempts to pry the whip from the cab driver's hand
(d) Stevie becomes upset and attempts to climb down and walk.

2. What does the assistant commissioner recall from his first encounter with Michaelis?
(a) That Michaelis was reluctant to tell his story about being convicted for murder.
(b) That Michaelis was clearly a womanizer who drank heavily and gambled endlessly.
(c) That Michaelis was very charming and articulate.
(d) That Michaelis was uncharming and virtually incomprehensible.

3. What two things did Heat learn several months subsequent to his first encountering Mr. Verloc, when Heat again saw Mr. Verloc and the latter was followed?
(a) Mr. Verloc was Austrian and married to a woman seven years his senior.
(b) Mr. Verloc was both a spy and an explosives expert.
(c) Mr. Verloc was a secret agent who lived in an affluent neighborhood.
(d) Mr. Adolf Verloc's name and that he had gotten married that day.

4. On the afternoon he returns from his trip, why does Mr. Verloc decides he will go outside?
(a) To go to the neighborhood park for some fresh air.
(b) To take a carriage ride.
(c) To take a walk.
(d) To get a copy of the afternoon newspaper at a cafe.

5. How does Mr. Verloc feel upon returning from his trip taken shortly after his mother-in-law moved into a charity home?
(a) While not forgotten, he is no longer preoccupied by his troubles.
(b) He can now handle new and old matters without a problem.
(c) He remains preoccupied by his troubles as he was before.
(d) He has set his troubles completely aside and out of his mind.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Mr. Verloc's shop located?

2. What does Mr. Verloc plan to do if he stops receiving monthly paychecks from the embassy?

3. When initially briefed by Heat on the Greenwich Park explosion, what is the assistant commissioner told when he asks if the Verlock residence was being watched?

4. Where did Mr. Verloc live before he got married?

5. Who is the patroness of Michaelis?

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