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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 Winnie's response to Mr. Verloc immediately after Heat leaves their home?
(a) She listens, also thinking about Stevie and the sacrifices she has made for her brother.
(b) She only barely listens, thinking more about Stevie and her mother, and sacrifices she has made for them.
(c) She listens, but nothing is registering as she is simultaneously thinking about the times she spent with Stevie and her mother.
(d) She refuses to listen, only thinking about her brother and and mother, and the sacrifices she has made for them.

2. 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) He will be arrested soon if they do not sell the shop quickly and leave the country.
(b) He is convinced he will be going to court soon, and Winnie will need to operate the shop.
(c) She needs to make herself ready so they may depart at a moment's notice.
(d) He is convinced he will be going to prison soon, and Winnie will need to operate the shop.

3. What is Winnie concerned about while Mr. Verloc is on his trip in Chapter 9?
(a) Stevie's depression due to his encounter with the cab driver.
(b) Stevie's depression due to Mr. Verloc's return.
(c) Stevie's depression due to his mother suddenly leaving.
(d) Stevie's depression due to the police not providing for the poor.

4. 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 agreed to work in the kitchen or help with other disabled residents if she were allowed in.
(b) She had her simple-minded son along when she was interviewed to stress her family's plight.
(c) She flirted with the main official who interviewed her and he was attracted to her.
(d) She cried each time she was pushed for answers and charmed her way with the officials.

5. Who does the assistant commissioner send a note to before he departs his office for the second time on the evening of the Greenwich Park explosion?
(a) The police commissioner.
(b) His wife.
(c) Heat.
(d) Michaelis's patroness.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the Assistant Commissioner go after leaving his office early in the evening of the Greenwich Park blast?

2. What reason does the assistant commissioner give the secretary of state to have Heat removed from the investigation of that explosion?

3. On the afternoon he returns from his trip, why does Mr. Verloc decides he will go outside?

4. What does Mr. Verloc attempt to convince his wife of concerning their relationship in their conversation after Heat departs their home?

5. In chapter 7, what does the assistant commissioner ensure when he returns to his office following his evening meeting with the secretary of state?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

3. 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?

4. What does the assistant commissioner do after completing his visit with the secretary of state?

5. What does the assistant commissioner do upon completion of his meeting with Sir Ethelred, and what does he encounter?

6. What action does Mr. Verloc take when Mrs. Verloc goes upstairs following her confrontation with him in the kitchen after she learned of Stevie's death?

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

8. What is the assistant commissioner watching at the conclusion of Chapter 7 and what does he observe?

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

10. What name does Mrs. Verloc refer to Ossipon by and why does it excite him?

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