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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whom does Mr. Vladimir propose Mr. Verloc enlist in order to accomplish Vladimir's bomb plot?
(a) Former military explosives experts that Mr. Verloc knows.
(b) Mr. Verloc's family.
(c) Mr. Verloc's International Red Committee friends.
(d) Other secret agents that Mr. Verloc is acquainted with.

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

3. What is Mr. Verloc's initial response to his wife's request concerning Stevie, in Chapter 9?
(a) He is surprised, as his wife has never made such a request previously.
(b) He is not surprised, as his wife has made such requests several times before.
(c) Although his wife has not made such a request previously, he is not surprised now that her mother has left.
(d) While she has made no such request before, his wife's asking now is no surprise given her emotions lately.

4. How is the assistant commissioner feeling about his decision to take his new law enforcement position in London?
(a) He is happily settled in, but does miss the satisfaction of closing investigations with convictions of criminals.
(b) He is not happily settled in.
(c) He is happily settled in.
(d) He is not happily settled in, but does not miss the hassle of conducting investigations.

5. What is Mr. Verloc's response to his first contact with Mr. Vladimir?
(a) He is only slightly concerned.
(b) He is quite pleased.
(c) He is quite troubled.
(d) He could not care less.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where does Ossipon encounter the professor on the day of the Greenwich Park bombing?

3. What is the reason Mr. Verloc offers for Stevie accompanying him on a little country vacation?

4. Following a verbal confrontation between Winnie and Mr. Verloc on the evening she learns of Stevie's death, what does her Mr. Verloc presume?

5. What does Heat tell the assistant commissioner that the coroner suspects regarding the fatality at the Greenwich Park explosion?

(see the answer key)

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