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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In chapter 7, what does the assistant commissioner ensure when he returns to his office following his evening meeting with the secretary of state?
(a) That Heat has already departed for his home.
(b) That an investigator is assigned to follow Heat.
(c) That no one can observe the assistant commissioner executing his plan.
(d) That surveillance is placed on the Verloc shop.

2. What is Stevie's reaction when he later talks to the cab driver and learns of his plight in caring for four children and wife while having to do cab work at night?
(a) He becomes quite troubled about the poor and their difficulties, and when going to the bus stop tells Winnie the police should take care of it.
(b) He becomes quite troubled about the poor, initially stating the police should help the poor, but later appears to have his mind on other things and to have forgotten the matter.
(c) He becomes quite troubled about the poor and their difficulties, and while awaiting a hansom tells Winnie the police should take care of it.
(d) He becomes quite upset about the poor and their difficulties, and enroute to the train tells Winnie it is a matter the police should take care of.

3. After stabbing Mr Verloc, Winnie's reaction is to what?
(a) To make no sound at all beyond gathering her purse and walking calmly to the door.
(b) To let out a faint shriek, snatch quickly at her skirts, and run to the door.
(c) To begin sobbing uncontrolably and fall to her knees beside Mr. Verloc's body.
(d) To let out a loud scream, faint, and fall to the floor.

4. How do Winnie and Ossipon plan to make their way to the point of departure in their escape from London?
(a) Together, with Winnie wearing her hood over her head.
(b) Together.
(c) Separately, with Winnie wearing her veil and Ossipon wearing his hat down low.
(d) Separately.

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?
(a) That he let both Winnie and Stevie accompany him as a family.
(b) That he let Winnie and Stevie visit their mother.
(c) That he let Stevie accompany him along.
(d) That he let Stevie go with him, as her brother is not allowed out unaccompanied.

6. Where does the Assistant Commissioner go after leaving his office early in the evening of the Greenwich Park blast?
(a) Before he confers with the secretary of state, he takes a tram to Greenwich Park to observe the bomb scene prior to sunset.
(b) He walks directly to the secretary of state's private rooms to brief him on the explosion earlier that day.
(c) Before he confers with the secretary of state, he goes to the coroner's office to confer regarding the bombing victim.
(d) Before he confers with the secretary of state, he grabs a quick bite to eat at a restaurant near the police station.

7. What does Winnie explain to Stevie about the purpose of the police when he states they should do something for the poor?
(a) They aid people not merely because they are poor, but to ensure they do not steal things from rich people.
(b) They aid people not merely because they are poor, but to keep everyone safe.
(c) They aid people not merely because they are poor, but to ensure the rich do not steal from them.
(d) The poor do not pay their taxes, so the police do not help them.

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

9. What is the secretary of state's response to the assistant commissioner's request to have Heat removed from the investigation of the Greenwich Park explosion?
(a) He retains Heat on the case and directs the assistant commissioner to participate in the investigation personally as well.
(b) He dismisses Heat and directs the assistant commissioner to report back to him that same night.
(c) He dismisses Heat and directs the assistant commissioner to report back to him within forty-eight hours.
(d) He dismisses Heat and directs the Assistant Commissioner to assign other investigators under his direct supervision to the case.

10. Why does Mrs. Verloc's mother wish to move into a charity home?
(a) She feels in the way at the Verloc residence and believes relations between her children and Mr. Verloc will run more smoothly with her living elsewhere.
(b) She is nearing the end of her life and no longer wants to be a drain on her children.
(c) To ensure while she is still alive that Stevie will be taken care of for the remainder of his life, rather than encounter the issue on her deathbed.
(d) She dislikes how Mr. Verloc treats Stevie and feels compelled to live elsewhere, but cannot afford to.

11. How did Mrs. Verloc's mother convince officials to allow her a place in a charity home when she had family to take care of her?
(a) She cried each time she was pushed for answers and charmed her way with the officials.
(b) She agreed to work in the kitchen or help with other disabled residents if she were allowed in.
(c) She flirted with the main official who interviewed her and he was attracted to her.
(d) She had her simple-minded son along when she was interviewed to stress her family's plight.

12. 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) When Heat figures out it was Winnie's brother who was killed, he then delivers this news to her in person.
(c) Winnie determines herself it was Stevie as her husband returned late without him and was acting strangely.
(d) Heat shows her Stevie's overcoat name tag and she reads the newspaper article about the bombing.

13. 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) Eighteen.
(c) Ten.
(d) Fourteen.

14. When Mr. Verloc confronts Winnie on the night of Stevies death, what does he say about the death?
(a) It was just as well Stevie was dead for his own sake, and with her mother now gone Winnie could be totally attentive to him.
(b) Winnie was as responsible for Stevie's death as Mr. Verloc was, since she made him take Stevie for the walk.
(c) It was Stevie who managed to trip and detonate the blast.
(d) Stevie insisted on carrying the bomb and Mr.Verloc was not able to convince him otherwise.

15. 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?
(a) Jump from a bridge.
(b) Jump in front of a tram.
(c) Slit her wrists.
(d) Poison herself.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long before the bombing does Winnie's mother move from the Verloc residence into the charity home?

2. What agitates Stevie at breakfast on the morning Mr. Verloc returns from his trip?

3. What does Mr. Verloc give his wife to hide on the evening of the bombing, and where does she place it?

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

5. What does Winnie silently promise herself after Stevie's encounter with the cab driver?

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