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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the primary reason the assistant commissioner left his position as police chief in a small province for his current position?
(a) He was tired of police work in a small province and sought adventure in a large city.
(b) He enjoyed police work in the small province, but saw more real police work in London
(c) He had already retired as a small provincial police chief, and a larger salary in London appealed to him.
(d) He married quickly while vacationing in London, and his wife was not eager to leave the city.

2. What does Heat tell the Assistant Commissioner that a witness spotted in Greenwich Park prior to the explosion that morning?
(a) Two men, a fair-haired one and an older, stockier one.
(b) Two middle-aged men, a thinner, dark-haired one and a stocky, fair-haired one.
(c) A young, fair-haired woman and an older, stockier man.
(d) Two young men, an average, fair-haired one and a thinner, dark-haired one.

3. Subsequent to his initial encounter, how long ago did Heat first approach Mr. Verloc and offer protection of his business packages from discovery if he would provide Heat information?
(a) Nine years ago.
(b) Two years ago.
(c) Five years ago.
(d) Seven years ago.

4. What causes Stevie extreme difficulty in maintaining a job?
(a) Other people's view of Stevie.
(b) Stevie is defiant and refuses to follow directions.
(c) Stevie is unable to complete designated tasks
(d) Stevie is lazy and often shows up late for work.

5. Whom does this story center on?
(a) A devoted husband, his beautiful and young wife, and her brother.
(b) A hateful husband, his young and beautiful wife, and her son from a previous marriage.
(c) A devoted husband, his beautiful and young wife, and his brother.
(d) A devoted husband, his older wife, and his son from a previous marriage.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is usually privileged to sit in the horsehair armchair in the parlor?

2. What reaction does Heat's supervisor have upon initially hearing of Michaelis's connection with the Greenwich Park explosion investigation?

3. Following the Red Committee meeting, what is Mr. Verloc's opinion regarding his earlier meeting with Mr. Vladimir?

4. What does Mr. Vladimir learn about Mr. Verloc that terribly disappoints him?

5. In the morgue, what does Heat find among the yet-to-be-identified remains retrieved from the Greenwich Park bombing scene?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Michaelis subsequently receive compassion?

2. How might the character known as the professor be described?

3. How is Mr. Verloc's business establishment described?

4. As the assistant commissioner does not believe that Chief Inspector Heat is being totally open with him, what are the items of information he finally receives before he dismisses him?

5. How is Michaelis described?

6. What is Mr. Vladimir's response when Mr. Verloc tells him that what he seeks will cost money?

7. How is Mr. Verloc described at the start of Chapter 2?

8. What are some of Karl Yundt's outstanding characteristics?

9. How is the individual whom the professor encounters in the alley at the beginning of Chapter 5 described?

10. Provide a description of where Ossipon runs into the professor in Chapter 4.

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