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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Having returned to her residence with Ossipon on the evening she murdered Mr. Verloc, where does Winnie see that the light remains on?
(a) In the kitchen.
(b) In her bedroom.
(c) In the parlor.
(d) In the shop.

2. Once the Assistant Commissioner arrives at the reported center of the empire, there are several constables who do what upon seeing him departing the vehicle?
(a) Challenge him for identification.
(b) Salute him.
(c) Announce a good evening to him.
(d) Turn away from him.

3. What does Winnie think about Mr. Verloc and Stevie when she last saw them together?
(a) How much they appeared like a grandfather and his grandson together.
(b) How much they appeared like her husband and one of his peculiar friends together.
(c) How much they appeared like a father and his son together.
(d) How much they appeared like an older and a younger brother together.

4. What sort of restaurant does the assistant commissioner eat dinner at on the evening of the Greenwich Park blast?
(a) Greek.
(b) Spanish.
(c) French.
(d) Italian.

5. How does Mrs. Verloc feel about her mother's decision to move out?
(a) She is upset, but understands.
(b) She is happy her mother has a place to live.
(c) She feels slighted and is unhappy.
(d) She feels slighted and so readily agrees.

6. When the assistant commissioner speaks with him early in the evening of the Greenwich Park blast, the secretary of state is in what condition?
(a) Exhausted, having worked throughout the entire day.
(b) Well-rested, having taken a nap in the afternoon.
(c) Acceptable, as it had been an easy workday.
(d) Fine, as a secretary handled many administrative matters.

7. How does Winnie learn Stevie was killed in the bombing earlier that day at Greenwich Park?
(a) Winnie determines herself it was Stevie as her husband returned late without him and was acting strangely.
(b) Winnie listened through the keyhole between the parlor and the kitchen when Heat interviewed her husband.
(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.

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

9. When briefed, what is the secretary of state told was the intended bombing target?
(a) The area bombed in Greenwich Park.
(b) The Greenwich Observatory.
(c) The Greenwich tram station.
(d) The main square in Greenwich.

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

11. 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.

12. In addition to being aware that Winnie's mother left, what else is Mr. Verloc's reaction to the domestic troubles in his home?
(a) He approaches Winnie in an attempt to resolve them.
(b) He is mainly oblivious.
(c) While concerned, he is trusting Winnie will resolve them.
(d) He tells Winnie to hire a neighbor to clean and he will help too.

13. On the evening of Stevie's death after Winnie has gone upstairs, what happens when Mr. Verloc enters his parlor and finds the meal his wife prepared earlier laid out?
(a) Mr. Verloc sees the meal, becomes upset at the sight, and carries it into the kitchen, leaving the carving knife behind on a plate.
(b) Mr. Verloc skips the meal, goes upstairs, and continues attempting to convince Winnie he deeply loves her.
(c) Mr. Verloc suddenly becomes very hungry and eats quickly, leaving the arving knife on a plate.
(d) Mr. Verloc is not at all hungry given the death of Stevie, and the sight of the meal disturbs him.

14. Following a verbal confrontation between Winnie and Mr. Verloc on the evening she learns of Stevie's death, what does her Mr. Verloc presume?
(a) She needs to make herself ready so they may depart at a moment's notice.
(b) He is convinced he will be going to court soon, and Winnie will need to operate the shop.
(c) He will be arrested soon if they do not sell the shop quickly and leave the country.
(d) He is convinced he will be going to prison soon, and Winnie will need to operate the shop.

15. Winnie imagines herself being put to death for her husband's murder and falling how many feet from the gallows with a rope around her neck?
(a) Six.
(b) Ten.
(c) Fourteen.
(d) Eighteen.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Mr. Verloc's initial response to his wife's request concerning Stevie, in Chapter 9?

2. With the fear of the gallows looming ahead of her, what is it Winnie initially decides to do on the night of Mr. Verloc's death?

3. Once having interviewed Mr. Verloc, what is it that the assistant commissioner quickly stresses to the secretary of state that he learned during his investigation regarding the Greenwich Park bombing?

4. What is Winnie's response to Mr. Verloc immediately after Heat leaves their home?

5. What does Winnie request of her husband in response to his decision to go outside on the afternoon of his first day back from his trip?

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