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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. On which road is Mr. Verloc's shop and residence located?
(a) Soho Street.
(b) Brett Street
(c) Bartlett Street.
(d) Burke Avenue.

2. 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) Well-rested, having taken a nap in the afternoon.
(b) Acceptable, as it had been an easy workday.
(c) Fine, as a secretary handled many administrative matters.
(d) Exhausted, having worked throughout the entire day.

3. What is Mr. Verloc's reaction to his mother-in-law's decision to move out?
(a) He is troubled only because Winnie has made it clear she is very concerned.
(b) He is grateful there is but one of his wife's family he now must be concerned.
(c) It does not actually matter much to him, and he is relatively unaffected.
(d) While there is one less mouth to feed, it bothers him that there is also one less to aid in Stevie's care.

4. Who does the assistant commissioner find outside the Verloc pornography shop on the evening of the Greenwich Park bombing?
(a) Bright streetlamps offering little place to hide.
(b) A stocky, middle-aged male just leaving
(c) An individual closing the shop up.
(d) A police officer walking past on his beat.

5. After Winnie's mother has moved, Mrs. Verloc attempts to convey her concerns that Stevie will soon become depressed. Mr. Verloc tells her to bring in a neighbor woman to assist her because he will be where?
(a) He will be leaving London for France for a school reunion and to visit friends in the coming weeks.
(b) He will be going out of town to buy property in the coming weeks.
(c) He will be leaving the country to visit an old friend in the coming weeks
(d) He will be leaving the country to conduct business in the coming weeks.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. When briefed, what is the secretary of state told was the intended bombing target?

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

4. When Mrs. Verloc looked back into the parlor where Mr. Verloc was dead, how did he appear to her?

5. What does Winnie explain to Stevie about the purpose of the police when he states they should do something for the poor?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe what Mrs. Verloc's mother is doing at the start of Chapter 8 and what is motivating her?

2. Who does the assistant commissioner go to see at the start of Chapter 7? What figure of speech is used to compare these two figures? And what does the person the assistant commission visits express as his initial concern?

3. What is the opening scene of Chapter 11once Chief Inspector Heat has departed the Verloc home?

4. What exchange takes place between Mr. and Mrs. Verloc on the afternoon he returns from his out-of-country trip, when he announces he is interested in taking a walk?

5. What are two objections Mrs. Verloc has toward Mrs. Neale?

6. Where does the assistant commissioner go for his evening meal and what catches his attention?

7. What is the assistant commissioner's primary goal in briefing Sir Ethelred?

8. What three things surprise Mr. Verloc upon his return from his ten days away?

9. At the beginning of Chapter 10, which fish are used in the discussion concerning the level of importance of the political figure to be caught?

10. What does Mrs. Verloc's sibling do when a cab driver whips his horse on the ride over to the charity home? Why does her sibling reaction in this way?

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