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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 reason does the assistant commissioner give the secretary of state to have Heat removed from the investigation of that explosion?
(a) The case is much too sensitive and may explode into a national matter.
(b) There are other investigators under his authority with neutral views who would be better suited to pursue the case.
(c) Heat has expressed his opinion that the case is unimportant since the bomber was killed and is no longer a threat.
(d) Heat's opinion regarding the matter is too jaded to pursue the case satisfactorily.

2. On the evening of Stevie's death, when Winnie goes upstairs, what does her husband think she is going to do?
(a) Rest.
(b) Write a note to her mother.
(c) Bathe.
(d) Prepare to leave.

3. After assuring Winnie that things will turn out all right in their escape, what does Ossipon do?
(a) As Winnie is exhausted, he allows her to fall asleep while he watches over her.
(b) He jumps, but takes only a relatively small amount of money along with him.
(c) He jumps, fearing being caught aiding Winnie, and leaves the money with her.
(d) He jumps, taking all of Mr. Verloc's money along with him and leaving Winnie behind.

4. 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) While concerned, he is trusting Winnie will resolve them.
(b) He approaches Winnie in an attempt to resolve them.
(c) He tells Winnie to hire a neighbor to clean and he will help too.
(d) He is mainly oblivious.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What concerns Winnie when her brother is outside with Mr. Verloc in Chapter 9?

2. When asked, what is it that the secretary of state is told that makes it unnecessary to incarcerate the person he is concerned about?

3. How does Mr. Verloc feel upon returning from his trip taken shortly after his mother-in-law moved into a charity home?

4. 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?

5. What is the assistant commissioner's action with the secretary of state's private secretary early in the evening of the Greenwich Park bombing?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is described as being what Mrs. Verloc fears most in the beginning of Chapter 12?

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

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

4. Shortly after murdering Mr. Verloc, which individual does Winnie encounter in the street offering his assistance, and why is it ironic?

5. 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?

6. Describe what is compared to the sound of an insane clock at the conclusion of Chapter 11?

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

8. What is Mr. Verloc's disposition at the beginning of Chapter 9?

9. 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?

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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